no sooner than
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.24 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
conj
At the moment when; instantaneously after; immediately after.
conj
Used to indicate that the second action mentioned is as likely as, or is preferred to, the first action mentioned.
conj
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see no, sooner, than.
prep
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see no, sooner, than.
Example Sentences
- "Near-synonyms: immediately, instantly, hardly"
- "No sooner had he arrived than the others grew talkative."
- "She'd no sooner passed her driving test than/when her family started asking for lifts."
- "No sooner did the act become law than it operated to relieve the railways from competition"
- "He had prepared such a fine pedestal for her, draped her in so many beautiful illusions. But if she was an elf, there was no keeping an elf on a pedestal. No sooner had he arranged her there nicely, than off she flopped in her elfish way, scattering the illusions he had attached to her, as it were, a Salome shedding her seven veils. So he fluttered between his beliefs and doubtings."
- "I'd no sooner shop at their store than jump in a lake."