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not much

not much phrase: used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see not, much.

Phrase

not much

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see not, much.
    • There's not much meat in this chicken curry.
    • This manager is not much better than the last one.
  2. Used sarcastically with opposite meaning to express strong agreement or assertion of truth; a lot.
    • "She's rich, is she?" — "Huh, not much!" [meaning yes, she is very rich]

not much meaning in Tamil

not much in Tamil

சுர

Examples of not much in a sentence

  • "What have you been up to?" — "Oh, not much."
  • The house is not much to look at, but it's very comfortable.

Questions about not much

What does not much mean?
Not much means used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see not, much.
What is not much in Tamil?
Not much in Tamil is சுர. See Not much meaning in Tamil.
How do you use not much in a sentence?
"What have you been up to?" — "Oh, not much."
What part of speech is not much?
Not much is a phrase.

Words near not much in the dictionary

  1. not long for
  2. not long for the world
  3. not long for this world
  4. not look a day over
  5. not make any bones about
  6. not much
  7. not much chop
  8. not much cop
  9. not much of anything
  10. not much to look at
  11. not my Nigel

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Adapted from Wiktionary: not much (page history and authors); not much (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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