# by no means

Pronunciation: say "by noh MEENZ" US /baɪ noʊ ˈminz/, UK /baɪ nəʊ ˈmiːnz/

## Idiom

1. Certainly not, or not at all: used to make a statement firmly negative, or on its own as an emphatic no.
   - Simple: Not at all, used to say very strongly that something is not so.
   - _The results are by no means final, and the committee will review them again next month._
   - _By no means should you leave the stove on while you're out of the house._

## Origin

Formed from by + no + means (“condition or instrument to achieve a result”).

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/by-no-means (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).