nowise
/ˈnoʊwaɪz/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.29 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "To raise the Sham-Noblest, and solemnly consecrate him by whatever method, new-devised, or slavishly adhered to from old wont, this, little as we may regard it, is, in all times and countries, a practical blasphemy, and Nature will in nowise forget it. Alas, there lies the origin, the fatal necessity, of modern Democracy everywhere."
- "But that did in nowise mend the matter, or at all soften the hard heart of the learned gentleman with the copy of Blackstone."
- "The division into paragraphs aims in nowise [translating durchaus nicht] at logical consistency :[…]"
- "His article was received with keen interest by Fredrik Vult von Steijern, the newspaper's cultural editor, who in turn paid the writer an honorarium of twenty crowns — nowise a modest sum at that time — despite the fact that the article never appeared in Dagens Nyheter."
- "I am going to create a trigger to the feelings of nostalgia, that this time at sea will nowise be lost."
Etymology
From Middle English nowyse, no-wyse, no wyse, equivalent to no (“none, not any”) + wise (“way, manner”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: nowyse
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈnoʊwaɪz/
- British English: /ˈnəʊwaɪz/