nowise

[ noh-wahyz ]

adverb

Origin of nowise

1
1350–1400; Middle English. See no2, -wise

Words Nearby nowise

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How to use nowise in a sentence

  • When my powers of sight and speech and hearing returned, MacRae stood over me, nowise harmed.

    Raw Gold | Bertrand W. Sinclair
  • A very shallow sheet of water flowed down over a broad but nowise precipitous ledge of rock into the valley beneath.

  • That was a thing that would nowise suit Monsieur de Garnache's ends just then.

    St. Martin's Summer | Rafael Sabatini
  • You wuz just the lawyer, and so nowise interested except jest in the fee?

  • But we sent Erpwald back to Glastonbury in all haste, and he was in nowise loth to go, as may be supposed.

    A Prince of Cornwall | Charles W. Whistler

British Dictionary definitions for nowise

nowise

/ (ˈnəʊˌwaɪz) /


adverb
  1. another word for noway

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