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Sense: Adverb: not at any time

Synonyms:

not ever, at no time, not at any time, not under any condition, absolutely not, under no circumstances, no way, when hell freezes over (informal), not likely (informal), not for love nor money (informal), not at all, on no occasion, on no account, not in any way, in no way, by no means, not by any means, not on your nelly (UK, slang), not in a month of Sundays (slang)

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