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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adverb In no way or degree; nowise.
  • interjection Used to express emphatic negation.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In no way, respect, or degree; not at all.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb In no manner or degree; not at all; nowise.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb In no manner or degree; not at all; nowise; no way.

Etymologies

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no +‎ way; compare -wards.

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