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no less

no less adverb: even, furthermore, not to mention.

Adverb

no less (not comparable)

  1. Even, furthermore, not to mention.
    • He graduated this year — at the top of his class, no less!
    • By making her a widow, Fielding allows Mark Darcy to remain as implausibly perfect in death as he was in life (killed by a landmine while negotiating the release of aid workers in Sudan, no less), […]2013 October 12, Stephanie Merritt, “Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy by Helen Fielding – review”, in The Observer, →ISSN
  2. (literally) Just as, equally, as much/many as, not less.
    • Diet sodas are no less unhealthy than regular ones.
    • The driver had drunk no less than eight pints of beer.

Origin of no less

From Middle English no lesse, na leasse. Compare none the less and Old English nōhte þon lǣssa (“none the less”).

Questions about no less

What does no less mean?
No less means even, furthermore, not to mention.
What part of speech is no less?
No less is an adverb.

Words near no less in the dictionary

  1. no kick
  2. no kidding
  3. no kizzy
  4. no later than
  5. no laughing matter
  6. no less
  7. no liability
  8. no limit
  9. no lone zone
  10. no longer
  11. no longer with us

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