not by a long sight

1. 1.

   definitely not

   “the prize is by no means certain”

   “and that isn't all, not by a long sight”

   Synonymsby no meansnot by a blame sight

   colloquialism

Questions about not by a long sight

What does not by a long sight mean?

not by a long sight means "definitely not".

What is another word for not by a long sight?

Close synonyms include by no means, not by a blame sight. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is not by a long sight a common word?

not by a long sight 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.