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devil a bit

devil a bit adverb: synonym of not at all.

Adverb

devil a bit (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial, dated) Synonym of not at all.
    • “Devil a bit, Ma’am,” said the Major. “We couldn’t afford it. Unless the world was peopled with J.B.’s—tough and blunt old Joes, Ma’am, plain red herrings with hard roes, Sir—we couldn’t afford it. It wouldn’t do.”1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    not at all

Synonyms of devil a bit

Questions about devil a bit

What does devil a bit mean?
Devil a bit means synonym of not at all.
What part of speech is devil a bit?
Devil a bit is an adverb.

Words near devil a bit in the dictionary

  1. deviding
  2. Devighat
  3. devigorate
  4. devigorated
  5. devil
  6. devil a bit
  7. devil bird
  8. devil birds
  9. devil bolt
  10. devil bolts
  11. devil chase

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