nothing if not



nothing if not something

this more than anything else She is nothing if not ambitious.
See also: if, not, nothing

nothing if not

Above all else, as in He was nothing if not discreet. Shakespeare used this idiom in Othello (2:1): "I am nothing if not critical." [c. 1600]
See also: if, not, nothing

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Columbus[kə'lʌmbəəs]
GwenaËLgwen-a-EL (French)French, Breton
Ackerly['ækəli]
Franc-Slovene
MerjaMER-yahFinnish
Florinus-Late Roman