nohow

adv

Etymology

From no + how.

  1. inherited from *hwō — “through what, how
  2. inherited from *hwō
  3. inherited from
  4. inherited from how
  5. compounded as nohow — “no + how

Definitions

  1. In no way

    In no way; not at all; by no available means.

    • "We don't see it here nohow," returned the man.
    • “Oh, dear, oh dear,” she said, “my stepmother has sent me all this long way to fill this sieve with water from the Well of the World’s End, and I can’t fill it no how at all.”
    • Don't take life so serious, son. It ain't nohow permanent.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for nohow. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA