なんとも – vocab dash

なんとも

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Meanings

Adverb

1. really; very; extremely; terribly; awfully

2. (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit (with neg. verb)

Other spellings

何なんとも

Kanji in other spellings

何what

Pitch accent

なんとも

Composed of

なん

what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few; some

Pronoun

とも

certainly; of course; to be sure; surely; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); though; although; without even; without so much as; …

Particle

Examples33

何なんとも言いいようがないなあ。

I just don't know what to say.

選せん挙きょの結けっ果かはなんとも言いえない。

The outcome of the election is doubtful.

彼かれからはまだ何なんとも言いってきていない。

I have not heard a word from him as yet.

彼かれは彼かの女じょの成せい功こうを何なんとも思おもわなかった。

He made nothing of her success.

何なんとも言いえないな。

I can't say for sure.

何なんとも言いえない。

I can't say.