by all means

1. 1.

   definitely or certainly

   “Visit us by all means”

   Antonymsby no means

   colloquialism

Questions about by all means

What does by all means mean?

by all means means "definitely or certainly".

What is the opposite of by all means?

The recorded antonyms are by no means.

Is by all means a common word?

by all means is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.