nothing but
nothing but adverb: only.
Adverb
nothing but (not comparable)
- Only.
- Near-synonyms: nothing less than; nothing if not (in some usages)
- Do you solemnly swear that you will tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?
- Synonyms:
- absolutely, all-out, tout à fait, all the way, stone-cold, blind, altogether, stark, cold, at large
nothing but meaning in Tamil
nothing but in Tamil
- வெறும்
Examples of nothing but in a sentence
- a right in nothing but name
- In an attempt to lose weight and improve his relationship with food, Andrew Taylor has decided to eat nothing but potatoes for a year.2016 February 18, Jennie Jackson, “What would happen if you only ate potatoes?”, in The Independent:
Synonyms of nothing but
- absolutely
- all-out
- tout à fait
- all the way
- stone-cold
- blind
- altogether
- stark
- cold
- cap-a-pie
30 more synonymsFewer synonyms
- categorically
- completely
- detailly
- downright
- entirely
- exhaustively
- finally
- first and last
- flat-out
- flat out
- from aardvark to zymurgy
- from A to Z
- from head to toe
- from soup to nuts
- from stem to stern
- from the rooter to the tooter
- from top to bottom
- from top to toe
- fully
- handsomely
- heartily
- head to foot
- head to tail
- head to toe
- hook
- line
- and sinker
- in detail
- in full
- lock
Origin of nothing but
From Middle English nothyng but, from Old English nan þing butan
Words formed from nothing but
Questions about nothing but
- What does nothing but mean?
- Nothing but means only.
- What is nothing but in Tamil?
- Nothing but in Tamil is வெறும். See Nothing but meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use nothing but in a sentence?
- a right in nothing but name
- What part of speech is nothing but?
- Nothing but is an adverb.
Words near nothing but in the dictionary
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