Definitely not
Never and definitely not are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Never" instead a interjection phrase "Definitely not".
Never
Never adverb - At no time.
Definitely not and never are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Definitely not" instead a interjection "Never".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- hardly and definitely not
- hardly and never
- negative and definitely not
- negative and never
- nix and definitely not
- nix and never
- scarcely and definitely not
- scarcely and never
- no and definitely not
- no and never
- by no means and definitely not
- by no means and never
- not at all and definitely not
- not at all and never
Both terms in one sentence
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Ibn Fadlan impresses the vikings with his skills, not least his literacy and horsemanship, but he never surpasses the vikings in the skills they teach him, and he is most definitely not a fighter.
- Subverted, though, as it's revealed he was never a spy or a saboteur and reuniting Rachel and her mother was definitely not the motive anybody expected.
Source: HeelFace Mole -
Orphaned Series: Including, but definitely not limited to... His playthrough of Parappa The Rapper was only three parts long, and Pewdie never got past the Full Tank level.
Source: Lets Play / PewDiePie
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