at no rate

prepositional phrase

Not at all; by no means.

Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. dialectalNot at all; by no means.
  2. IrelanddialectalAt a great rate; at high speed.

    “Well, away they wint tattherin’ along the road, makin’ the fire fly out o’ the stones at no rate.”

    1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 520
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APA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “at no rate,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/at%20no%20rate.

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