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not half

Adverb

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not half (not comparable)

(Britain, slang) Greatly; to a considerable extent.
"So you fancy that girl then?" "Not half!"

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The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man with no secrets to keep. E. W. Howe

A bird in a cage is not half a bird. Henry Ward Beecher

Plot, rules, nor even poetry, are not half so great beauties in tragedy or comedy as a just imitation of nature, of character, of the passions and their operations in diversified situations. Horace Walpole

I've actually become much, much dumber through being married and having these children. I find that I'm not half as sharp that I once was. I can't even help them with their 4th and 5th grade vocabulary and math work at this point. Patrick Warburton

One's not half of two; two are halves of one. E. E. Cummings

The best imitation in the world is not half as good as a poor original. Luise Rainer

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