"決して" meaning in Japanese

See 決して in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: [ke̞ɕːi̥te̞] Forms: 決して [canonical] (ruby: (けっ)), kesshite [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|adverb|けっして}} 決(けっ)して • (kesshite)
  1. never, by no means
    Sense id: en-決して-ja-adv-tI-WcANj Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 51 49
  2. not in the least
    Sense id: en-決して-ja-adv-wGQR2SIf Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 51 49

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