Etymology

nowise

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Today it means: (In) no way, (in) no manner; not at all. Full definition →

Middle English nowyse
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromnowyse
  2. English todaynowise

From Middle English nowyse, no-wyse, no wyse, equivalent to no (“none, not any”) + wise (“way, manner”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.