by any means

Idioms  

1. In any possible way, no matter how, as in By any means I've got to get there. [Late 1400s] Also see by hook or crook; by means of; by no means.

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Example Sentences

In cases involving analogous qualifications for members of Congress, the Supreme Court has held that such qualifications form a "constitutional ceiling" – prohibiting any additional qualifications to be imposed by any means.

From Salon

Or try by any means to stop it.

From Washington Post

“The motion that passed was not the first by any means,” Moody said.

From Los Angeles Times

Their performances have not been perfect by any means but the results are the ideal foundations for progress in a group also containing Malta and North Macedonia.

From BBC

“We were not expecting that level of storm by any means,” said Bill Murtagh, program coordinator at NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center.

From Washington Post

Related Words

• conceivably
• likely
• perhaps
• probably