Definition of If not

1. Adverb. Perhaps; indicating possibility of being more remarkable (greater or better or sooner) than. "Let's meet tonight if not sooner"

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Lexicographical Neighbors of If Not

if, as and when
if I were you
if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail
if and only if
if anything
if it's all the same
if it's not one thing it's another
if it ain't broke, don't fix it
if it isn't
if it wasn't
if looks could kill
if memory serves
if need be
if needs be
if not (current term)
if only
if pigs had wings
if pigs had wings they would fly
if so be
if that
if the cap fits
if the mountain won't come to Muhammad
if the shoe fits
if ye please
if you ask me
if you can't beat them, join them
if you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen
if you don't mind me saying
if you know what I mean

Literary usage of If not

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Daniel Deronda by George Eliot (1876)
"... other against her waist, and went a step backward while she leaned her head forward as if not to lose her sight of his face, was unspeakably touching. ..."

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