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not by any manner of means

not by any manner of means phrase: synonym of by no manner of means.

Phrase

not by any manner of means

  1. Synonym of by no manner of means.
    • Of subject and invention we have still very little. These we can only obtain from inventors or men of genius — not a bespeakable class by any manner of means.1861, Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, volume 64, page 587

Synonyms of not by any manner of means

Questions about not by any manner of means

What does not by any manner of means mean?
Not by any manner of means means synonym of by no manner of means.
What part of speech is not by any manner of means?
Not by any manner of means is a phrase.

Words near not by any manner of means in the dictionary

  1. not be caught dead
  2. not bear thinking about
  3. not before time
  4. not but
  5. not by a jugful
  6. not by any manner of means
  7. not by any means
  8. not care beans
  9. not cricket
  10. not do someone any favors
  11. not do someone any favours

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