still less
And certainly not
Still less introduces something even more unlikely or impossible than what was just mentioned, used after a negative statement to add emphasis.
If you can't afford a used car, still less can you afford a new one.
He couldn't walk a mile, still less run a marathon.
The phrase is interchangeable with much less, let alone, and never mind.
Phrase introducing something harder
- not to mentionPhrase adding emphasis
- to say nothing ofPhrase introducing additional point
- all the moreIntensified by circumstance
- furthermoreWord adding more points
moreover · additionally · not even · hardly · scarcely · barely · least of all · certainly not
let alone
Phrase introducing something harder
- not to mentionPhrase adding emphasis
- to say nothing ofPhrase introducing additional point
- all the moreIntensified by circumstance
furthermore · moreover · additionally · not even · hardly · scarcely · barely · least of all · certainly not · minimally
still lesseven more
Increased beyond already
even more so · all the more · let alone · more so · increasingly
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