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English
Pronunciation
Adverb
not half (not comparable)
- (British, slang) Greatly; to a considerable extent.
"So you fancy that girl then?" "Not half!"
1902, The Windsor Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly for Men and Women, Vol. XVI June to November 1902:"You bet she wouldn't like fer me to be killed—not 'arf!..."
Translations
greatly, to a considerable extent
— see also greatlyAnagrams