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Definition of By any means
1. Adverb. In any way necessary. "I'll pass this course by hook or by crook"
Lexicographical Neighbors of By Any Means
Literary usage of By any means
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Institutes of the Christian Religion by Jean Calvin (1844)
"<) " Being made conformable unto his death; if by any means I might attain unto
the resurrection of the dead." (u) The Father has predestinated all whom he ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... but it is not lawful to adore them nor by any means to give them prayers of
adoration .... by any means ..."
3. The Annals of Tennessee to the End of the Eighteenth Century: Comprising Its by James Gettys McGready Ramsey (1853)
"In the meantime, let me entreat you not, by any means, to consider this as giving
countenance, by the executive of the state, to any measures lately pursued ..."
4. View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages by Henry Hallam (1848)
"Tuscany, though well cultivated and flourishing, does not contain by any means
80 great a number of inhabitants in that space at present. * C. 93. ..."
5. The Works of Alexander Hamilton: Containing His Correspondence, and His by Alexander Hamilton (1850)
"The staves on board, if by any means convenient, I beg may be returned by the
sloop, they will command a good price here, and I suppose little or nothing ..."
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