Meanings
adverbnot half (not comparable)
- UKnot comparableslangGreatly; to a considerable extent.
"So you fancy that girl then?" "Not half!"
1 more example
"You bet she wouldn't like fer me to be killed—not 'arf!..."
1902, The Windsor Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly for Men and Women, Vol. XVI June to November 1902
Translations
Hungarian még szép, naná
- még szépgreatly, to a considerable extent
- nanágreatly, to a considerable extent
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Chicago
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