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by all means

by all means prepositional phrase: emphatically yes; certainly; definitely.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Emphatically yes; certainly; definitely.
    • By all means take as much salt as you need: that's what neighbors are for.
    • There is no danger to most people from taking a bath in a state of ordinary perspiration. But one should by all means avoid it if he is overheated or fatigued.1876, Eliza Bisbee Duffey, Our Behaviour: A Manual of Etiquette and Dress of the Best American Society, Philadelphia
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see by, all, means.
    • He vowed to attack her by all means possible, suggesting their war was only just beginning.2015 May 5, Angelique Chrisafis, “Front National family feud goes nuclear as Jean-Marie Le Pen disowns Marine”, in The Guardian

by all means meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Punjabi

by all means in Tamil

எல்லா வகயிலும் எல்லா வழிகளிலும், எல்லா வழிகளினாலும்

by all means in Malayalam

definitely, of course, certainly
എല്ലാ വിധത്തിലും, സർവ്വശഃ, പൂർണ്ണമായി, എല്ലാരീതിയിലും, സർവ്വപ്രകാരേണയും, എല്ലാം കൊണ്ടും

by all means in Kannada

ಎಲ್ಲ ವಿಧಗಳಲ್ಲಿ, ವಿಧವಿಧವಾಗಿ, ಅಗತ್ಯವಾಗಿ, ಅವಶ್ಯವಾಗಿ, ನಿಸ್ಸಂದೇಹವಾಗಿ

by all means in Punjabi

by all means, certainly, go ahead
ਜੀ ਸਦਕੇ jī sadke
by all means, welcome
ਜੰਮ-ਜੰਮ jamm-jamm

Synonyms of by all means

Questions about by all means

What does by all means mean?
By all means means emphatically yes; certainly; definitely.
What is by all means in Tamil?
By all means in Tamil is எல்லா வகயிலும் எல்லா வழிகளிலும், எல்லா வழிகளினாலும். See By all means meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is by all means?
By all means is a prepositional phrase.

Words near by all means in the dictionary

  1. by a whisper
  2. by a wide margin
  3. by accident
  4. by all accounts
  5. by all appearances
  6. by all means
  7. by all reports
  8. by Allah
  9. by an eyelash
  10. by and by
  11. by and bye

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Adapted from Wiktionary: by all means (page history and authors); by all means (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); by all means (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); by all means (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਜੀ ਸਦਕੇ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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