not by any means

Language: en

Meaning: (idiomatic)Not at all, not in the slightest1922February,James Joyce,Ulysses, Paris:Shakespeare and Company,[…],→OCLC:Episode 16Though unusual in the Dublin area he knew that it wasnot by any meansunknown for desperadoes who had next to nothing to live on to be abroad waylaying and generally terrorising peaceable pedestrians by placing a pistol at their head...

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