"никак" meaning in Russian

See никак in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: [nʲɪˈkak] Audio: Ru-никак.ogg Forms: ника́к [canonical], nikák [romanization]
Head templates: {{ru-adv|ника́к}} ника́к • (nikák)
  1. by no means, not at all, in no way, nowise
    Sense id: en-никак-ru-adv-go4XWocF
  2. it appears, it seems, it looks like
    Sense id: en-никак-ru-adv-QlAg9G6W
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: никоим о́бразом (nikoim óbrazom), так и не (tak i ne), ка́жется (kážetsja), похо́же (poxóže) Related terms: ни (ni), как (kak)

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    },
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          "by no means",
          "by no means"
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        [
          "not at all",
          "not at all"
        ],
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          "in no way",
          "in no way"
        ],
        [
          "nowise",
          "nowise"
        ]
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        "it appears, it seems, it looks like"
      ],
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        [
          "appears",
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        ],
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          "seems",
          "seems"
        ],
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        ]
      ]
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "tak i ne",
      "word": "так и не"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "kážetsja",
      "word": "ка́жется"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "poxóže",
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    }
  ],
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}
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          "by no means",
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        [
          "not at all",
          "not at all"
        ],
        [
          "in no way",
          "in no way"
        ],
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          "nowise",
          "nowise"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "it appears, it seems, it looks like"
      ],
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          "appears",
          "appears"
        ],
        [
          "seems",
          "seems"
        ],
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          "looks like",
          "looks like"
        ]
      ]
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      "ipa": "[nʲɪˈkak]"
    },
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    {
      "roman": "nikoim óbrazom",
      "word": "никоим о́бразом"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tak i ne",
      "word": "так и не"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kážetsja",
      "word": "ка́жется"
    },
    {
      "roman": "poxóže",
      "word": "похо́же"
    }
  ],
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