by no means
fixed phr..fixed phr.. not at all. You use this to emphasize that something is definitely not true or will not happen.
fixed phr.. a multi-word adverbial used as a strong negative intensifier. It functions to categorically deny a proposition or to emphasize the absence of a quality.
The problem is by no means solved.
Although the team won the first game, the tournament is by no means over yet.
While the initial results are promising, this single study is by no means a definitive proof of the theory's validity.
From by + no + means (“condition or instrument to achieve a result”).
usually placed after the verb 'to be' or before an adjective to add emphasis to a negative statement.
teach this as a more formal and emphatic alternative to 'not at all' or 'certainly not'; it often appears in academic or professional writing to manage expectations.
It is by no mean easy.It is by no means easy.the word 'means' must always be plural in this fixed expression.