US /ˈnoʊˌhaʊ/ UK /ˈnəʊˌhaʊ/
adv Freq #58215

Meanings

  1. 1
    adv

    dated or dialectal: in no way; not at all

    The bent coin would nohow fit through the narrow slot.

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Synonyms
1 adv · dated or dialectal: in no... nowisenot at allin no way
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Word family
Related forms nowisesomehowanyhow

Etymology

A transparent compound of no + how, recorded from the eighteenth century. It survives chiefly in regional and literary speech as an emphatic equivalent of 'in no way' or 'not at all.'

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