nowise

Definition

(In) no way, (in) no manner; not at all.

Etymology

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

Example Sentences

• "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 necessity, of modern Democracy everywhere."
• "But that did in nowise mend the matter, or at all soften the hard heart of the learned gentleman with the copy of Blackstone."
• "The division into paragraphs aims in nowise [translating durchaus nicht] at logical consistency :[…]"