not at all

• (UK)
  • IPA^(key): [ˈnɒtʰəˈtʰɔːɫ]
• (General American)
  • IPA^(key): [ˈnɑɾəˈɾɔɫ]
  • (cot–caught merger)
    • IPA^(key): [ˈnɑɾəˈɾɑɫ]
• (General Australian)
  • IPA^(key): [ˈnɔɾəˈɾoːɫ]

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not at all

1. (emphatic) Not even a tiny bit; not in any way.

   Synonyms: by no means, hardly, in no way, not in the least, not in the slightest, not the least bit, not the slightest bit; devil a bit (dated, uncommon)

   Antonyms: a bit, a little bit, somewhat; in a way, to an extent

   He's not at all friendly towards his ex-wife.

   • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter III, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:

     Now all this was very fine, but not at all in keeping with the Celebrity's character as I had come to conceive it. The idea that adulation ever cloyed on him was ludicrous in itself. In fact I thought the whole story fishy, and came very near to saying so.

not at all

1. (idiomatic) Used similarly to you're welcome, as a conventional reply to an expression of gratitude.

   —Thank you for coming. —Not at all. Thank you for having me.

2. (idiomatic) Don't worry about it (response to worry or an apology)

• (conventional reply to expression of gratitude): don't mention it, forget it, it's nothing, no problem, that's all right, that's OK, think nothing of it, you're welcome; see also Thesaurus:you're welcome

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