Meanings
adverb
- emphaticNot even a tiny bit; not in any way.
He's not at all friendly towards his ex-wife.
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Now all this was very fine, but not at all in keeping with the Celebrity's character as I had come to conceive it. The idea that adulation ever cloyed on him was ludicrous in itself. In fact I thought the whole story fishy, and came very near to saying so.
1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter III, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLCSynonyms: by no means, hardly, in no way, not in the least, not in the slightest, not the least bit, not the slightest bit, devil a bit · Antonyms: a bit, a little bit, somewhat, in a way, to an extent
interjection
- UKidiomaticA conventional reply to an expression of gratitude.
—Thank you for coming. —Not at all. Thank you for having me.
Synonyms: don't mention it
- idiomaticDon't worry about it (response to worry or an apology)
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbNot even a tiny bit; not in any way.
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by no meanshardlyin no waynot in the leastnot in the slightestnot the least bitnot the slightest bitdevil a bit
interjectionA conventional reply to an expression of gratitude.
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Translations
Afrikaans glad nie
- glad nienot
Ancient Greek οὐδαμῶς
- οὐδαμῶς (oudamôs)not
Arabic عَفْوًا, عَلَى الرُحْب وَالسَّعَة
- عَفْوًا (ʕafwan)conventional reply to expression of gratitude
- عَلَى الرُحْب وَالسَّعَة (ʕalā r-ruḥb wa-s-saʕa)conventional reply to expression of gratitude
- اَلْعَفْو (al-ʕafw)conventional reply to expression of gratitude
Bulgarian не въобще́, не изо́бщо
- не въобще́ (ne văobšté)not
- не изо́бщо (ne izóbšto)not
- ня́ма защо́ (njáma zaštó)conventional reply to expression of gratitude
Catalan gens, de res
- gensnot
- de resconventional reply to expression of gratitude
Chinese Mandarin 毫不, 並不 /并不
- 毫不 (háobù)not
- 並不 /并不 (bìngbù)not
- 決不 /决不 (juébù)not
- 並未 /并未 (bìngwèi)not
- 不客氣 /不客气 (bù kèqi)conventional reply to expression of gratitude
- 不用謝 /不用谢 (bùyòngxiè)conventional reply to expression of gratitude
- 不謝 /不谢 (bùxiè)conventional reply to expression of gratitude
Czech není zač, prosím
- není začconventional reply to expression of gratitude
- prosímconventional reply to expression of gratitude
- rádo se staloconventional reply to expression of gratitude
- za máloconventional reply to expression of gratitude
Danish overhovedet ikke, slet ikke
- overhovedet ikkenot
- slet ikkenot
- ikke en pindnot
Dutch totaal niet, geen probleem
- totaal nietnot
- geen probleemconventional reply to expression of gratitude
- geen dank graag gedaanconventional reply to expression of gratitude
Esperanto tute ne, nule
- tute nenot
- nulenot
- ne dankindeconventional reply to expression of gratitude
Finnish ei lainkaan, ei yhtään
- ei lainkaannot
- ei yhtäännot
- ei lainkaanconventional reply to expression of gratitude
- eipä kestäconventional reply to expression of gratitude
French pas du tout, de rien
- pas du toutnot
- de rienconventional reply to expression of gratitude
- il n'y a pas de quoiconventional reply to expression of gratitude
- pas de quoiconventional reply to expression of gratitude
German überhaupt nicht, gar nicht
- überhaupt nichtnot
- gar nichtnot
- bitteconventional reply to expression of gratitude
- gern geschehenconventional reply to expression of gratitude
- keine Ursacheconventional reply to expression of gratitude
- nichts zu dankenconventional reply to expression of gratitude
Greek καθόλου, τίποτα
- καθόλου (kathólou)not
- τίποτα (típota)conventional reply to expression of gratitude
Hebrew עַל לֹא דָּבָר, אֵין בְּעַד מַה
- עַל לֹא דָּבָר ('al lo davár)conventional reply to expression of gratitude
- אֵין בְּעַד מַה (ēn b'ad ma)conventional reply to expression of gratitude
Hindi कुछ नहीं
- कुछ नहीं (kuch nahī̃)conventional reply to expression of gratitude
Hungarian egyáltalán nem, cseppet sem
- egyáltalán nemnot
- cseppet semnot
- a legkevésbé semnot
- nincs mitconventional reply to expression of gratitude
- szóra sem érdemesconventional reply to expression of gratitude
- kéremconventional reply to expression of gratitude
Icelandic alls ekki
- alls ekkinot
Irish ar chor ar bith
- ar chor ar bithnot
Italian prego, non c'è di che
- pregoconventional reply to expression of gratitude
- non c'è di checonventional reply to expression of gratitude
Japanese 全然, どう致しまして
- 全然 (zenzen)not
- どう致しまして (dō itashimashite)conventional reply to expression of gratitude
- とんでもない (tonde mo nai)conventional reply to expression of gratitude
- いいえ (iie)conventional reply to expression of gratitude
Korean 결코, 천만에요
- 결코 (gyeolko)not
- 천만에요 (cheonmaneyo)conventional reply to expression of gratitude
- 아니에요 (anieyo)conventional reply to expression of gratitude
- 별말씀을요 (byeolmalsseumeuryo)conventional reply to expression of gratitude
Latin minime
- minimenot
Latvian nav par ko
- nav par koconventional reply to expression of gratitude
Lithuanian nėra už ką
- nėra už kąconventional reply to expression of gratitude
Malay mana ada
- mana adanot
Persian اصلا, به هیچ وجه
- اصلا (aslan)not
- به هیچ وجه (be hêč vajh)not
- حاشا و کلا (hâšâ va kallâ)not
- قابل نداشت (qâbel nadâšt)conventional reply to expression of gratitude
- خواهش میکنم (xâheš mi-konam)conventional reply to expression of gratitude
Polish wcale nie, proszę
- wcale nienot
- proszęconventional reply to expression of gratitude
- nie ma za coconventional reply to expression of gratitude
Portuguese nada, não... em nada
- nadanot
- não... em nadanot
- não... em absolutonot
- de nadaconventional reply to expression of gratitude
- por nadaconventional reply to expression of gratitude
Romanian deloc, pentru nimic
- delocnot
- pentru nimicconventional reply to expression of gratitude
- nu ai pentru ce/nu aveți pentru ceconventional reply to expression of gratitude
- cu plăcereconventional reply to expression of gratitude
Russian во́все нет, отню́дь
- во́все нет (vóvse net)not
- отню́дьnot
- ничу́ть не (ničútʹ ne)not
- не́ за что (né za što)conventional reply to expression of gratitude
- пожа́луйста (požálujsta)conventional reply to expression of gratitude
- не сто́ит благода́рности (ne stóit blagodárnosti)conventional reply to expression of gratitude
- на здоро́вье (na zdoróvʹje)conventional reply to expression of gratitude
Slovak nie je za čo, za málo
- nie je za čoconventional reply to expression of gratitude
- za máloconventional reply to expression of gratitude
- prosímconventional reply to expression of gratitude
Spanish (ni/“para nada”) “en absoluto”/“en lo absoluto”, para nada
- (ni/“para nada”) “en absoluto”/“en lo absoluto”not
- para nadanot
- ni en lo más mínimonot
- de nadaconventional reply to expression of gratitude
- no hay de quéconventional reply to expression of gratitude
Swedish inte alls, alls inte
- inte allsnot
- alls intenot
- rakt intenot
- ingen orsakconventional reply to expression of gratitude
- det var så liteconventional reply to expression of gratitude
Thai ไม่เป็นไร
- ไม่เป็นไร (mâi-bpen-rai)conventional reply to expression of gratitude
Turkish önemli değil, bir şey değil
- önemli değilconventional reply to expression of gratitude
- bir şey değilconventional reply to expression of gratitude
- rica ederimconventional reply to expression of gratitude
Ukrainian взагалі́ не, нема́ за́ що
- взагалі́ не (vzahalí ne)not
- нема́ за́ що (nemá zá ščo)conventional reply to expression of gratitude
- будь ла́ска (budʹ láska)conventional reply to expression of gratitude
Vietnamese chẳng, chả
- chẳngnot
- chảnot
- cócnot
- không có gìconventional reply to expression of gratitude
- không có chiconventional reply to expression of gratitude
Welsh dim o gwbl, ddim o gwbl
- dim o gwblnot
- ddim o gwblnot
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