Word info Synonyms

no really

Speech parts

1. no really - Adverb

2. no really - Interjection

Meaning

no really (not comparable)

really; seriously; used to attempt to introduce a serious point in a less serious conversation
No, really, why did you forget to feed the cat today?
Read on. No really, keep reading. You'll like it.

no really

no kidding!; is that so? (sometimes used sarcastically in response to the obvious)
Synonyms: really; no kidding; oh really; no shit; no shit, Sherlock; do tell; you don't say; duh; no duh

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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Examples

There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no defeat except from within, no really insurmountable barrier save our own inherent weakness of purpose. Kin Hubbard

A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success. There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no defeat except from within, no really insurmountable barrier save our own inherent weakness of purpose. Elbert Hubbard

There's no really rosy scenario ahead, where climate change just doesn't happen, but I believe we don't have the ethical right to throw our hands up in the air and say, 'Game over.' Whatever pathway we choose, our descendants will be dealing with that reality for centuries to come. Alex Steffen

There are no really solipsistic philosophers, and those who think they are deceive themselves. The true solipsist feels at one with the universe, and so very identical to it that he does not even feel the need for two terms. Jean Piaget

There are no really new stories anymore. Gillian Schieber Flynn

While it's very hard to know exactly how to measure public opinion there, because there's no really good polling, the fact of the matter is that in all the polls I've seen the vast majority of the Iraqis prefer to be free and are pleased that the coalition freed them. Paul Bremer

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