nohow
English
Etymology
no + how
Pronunciation
- Homophone: know-how
Adverb
nohow (not comparable)
- (slang) In no way; not at all; by no available means.
- 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, chapter V, in Treasure Island:
- "We don't see it here nohow," returned the man.
- 1950 June 24, Walt Kelly, Pogo:
- Don't take life so serious, son. It ain't nohow permanent.
- 1953, James Baldwin, “Elizabeth’s Prayer”, in Go Tell It on the Mountain, New York, N.Y.: Dell Publishing Co., published October 1970, OCLC 70453921, part 2 (The Prayers of the Saints), page 167:
- And his face clouded. “I don't know. I got to find out. Looks like I can't get my mind straight nohow.”
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Derived terms
- nohowish
Anagrams
- how no