no ifs ands or buts about it

ADJECTIVE

indisputable

Synonyms

STRONGEST

absolute evident irrefutable unassailable undeniable unquestionable

WEAK

accurate actual certain double-checked incontestable incontrovertible indubitable no mistake open and shut positive real sure that's a fact true undoubted unfabled veridical

Antonyms

STRONGEST

disputable doubtful indefinite questionable uncertain unsure

WEAK

dubious refutable unreliable vague

ADVERB

beyond a shadow of a doubt

Synonyms

WEAK

absolutely beyond a doubt beyond any doubt beyond doubt categorically certainly clearly definitely indubitably obviously undeniably unquestionably

ADVERB

definitely

Synonyms

STRONGEST

absolutely clearly decidedly doubtless easily finally obviously plainly surely undeniably unequivocally unquestionably

WEAK

beyond any doubt categorically doubtlessly explicitly expressly far and away indubitably positively specifically unmistakably without doubt without fail without question

Antonyms

STRONGEST

doubtedly doubtfully dubiously questionable questionably uncertain

WEAK

indefinitely

Example Sentences

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"There's no ifs, ands or buts about it."

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2017

There will be no ifs, ands or buts about it.

From New York Times • Feb. 14, 2016

There were no ifs, ands or buts about it.

From New York Times • May 6, 2010

There are no ifs, ands or buts about it, the laws have to be changed.

From Time Magazine Archive

"If we—" "There are no ifs, ands or buts about it, Matt," interrupted Kilgore, decisively.

From With Links of Steel by Carter, Nicholas