| 单词 | by no ways |
| 释义 | > as lemmasby no ways c. by no ways (obsolete), by no means: in no possible way, in no respect, in no degree. by all means: in every way possible. (These have gradually come to be used as strong expressions respectively of negation and affirmation.) ΚΠ a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 12908 Þat is na ferly be na wayes. c1430 Freemasonry 626 Ȝef thou wolt not thyselve pray, Latte non other mon by no way. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) ix. 235 By no wyse we maye not scape. 1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie Pref. 10 To argue, and by all meanes to reason for it. 1713 J. Addison in Guardian 21 Aug. 2/1 I can by no means consent to spoil the Skin of my pretty Country-women. 1768 T. Gray Let. c2 June in Corr. (1971) III. 1137 I would wish by all means to oblige & serve T[emple]. 1813 J. Austen Pride & Prejudice I. viii. 74 Jane was by no means better. View more context for this quotation < as lemmas |
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