not at all
idiom
—sometimes used as a polite response after an expression of appreciation or thanks
"Thank you for all your trouble." "Not at all."
"That was very kind of you." "Not at all. It was the least I could do."
Examples of not at all in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
What to look for in the night sky Auroras could happen at any time this weekend (or not at all).
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Dean Regas, The Enquirer, 10 May 2024
That Verstappen rocked the watch over race weekend is not at all surprising.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 6 May 2024
Furthermore, Schulman said, the medium-term fallout from the massive antiwar demonstrations in the Vietnam era were not at all what protesters sought.
—Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2024
Both of those unexpected guest spots painted him as game for anything, and prove that Noah Kahan is, in fact, not at all mid.
4.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 6 May 2024
The scope of the argument, the expansiveness of the coming opinions and the time suck for the justices to write them and the possible vanishing of Trump’s prosecution are not at all shocking.
—Claire B. Wofford, The Conversation, 1 May 2024
Recognizing an Anthropocene epoch does not at all underplay the impacts that humans have caused for many millennia by hunting, by farming, and by building cities and trade networks.
—Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Apr. 2024
Of course, raising animals is in many ways not at all comparable to raising children, and no one who doesn’t actually want a dog should get one as a practice baby.
—Kate Cray, The Atlantic, 16 Apr. 2024
Meaning to sound sympathetic, not at all accusatory.
—Joyce Carol Oates, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
Dean Regas, The Enquirer, 10 May 2024
That Verstappen rocked the watch over race weekend is not at all surprising.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 6 May 2024
Furthermore, Schulman said, the medium-term fallout from the massive antiwar demonstrations in the Vietnam era were not at all what protesters sought.
—Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2024
Both of those unexpected guest spots painted him as game for anything, and prove that Noah Kahan is, in fact, not at all mid.
4.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 6 May 2024
The scope of the argument, the expansiveness of the coming opinions and the time suck for the justices to write them and the possible vanishing of Trump’s prosecution are not at all shocking.
—Claire B. Wofford, The Conversation, 1 May 2024
Recognizing an Anthropocene epoch does not at all underplay the impacts that humans have caused for many millennia by hunting, by farming, and by building cities and trade networks.
—Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Apr. 2024
Of course, raising animals is in many ways not at all comparable to raising children, and no one who doesn’t actually want a dog should get one as a practice baby.
—Kate Cray, The Atlantic, 16 Apr. 2024
Meaning to sound sympathetic, not at all accusatory.
—Joyce Carol Oates, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
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“Not at all.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/not%20at%20all. Accessed 15 May. 2024.
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