nowise

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nowise

/ˈnoʊwaɪz/ US
/ˈnəʊwaɪz/ UK

Rhymes with -əʊwaɪz, -oʊwaɪz

Where it comes from

From Middle English nowyse, no-wyse, no wyse, equivalent to no (“none, not any”) + wise (“way, manner”).

adverb

archaic, dialectal, not comparable (In) no way, (in) no manner; not at all. To raise the Sham-Noblest, and solemnly consecrate him by whatever method, new-devised, or slavishly adhered to from old wont, this, little as we may regard it, is, in all times and countries, a practical blasphemy, and Nature will in nowise forget it. Alas, there lies the origin, the fatal necessit
Similar: nohow, noway

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adv in no manner

Español	de ninguna manera, de ningún modo, en absoluto
Português	de forma alguma
Français	d'aucune façon
Deutsch	auf gar keinen Fall
Română	nicidecum
Русский	ни при каки́х обстоя́тельствах ni pri kakíx obstojátelʹstvax, никак nikak

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"nowise." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/nowise. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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nowise. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/nowise

Chicago

"nowise." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/nowise.

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@misc{nowise_2026,
  title = {nowise},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nowise},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}