not really

idiom

—used to say "no" in a way that is not very forceful or definite

"Was the movie good?" "Not really."

"Do you want to go to a movie?" "No, not really."

Examples of not really in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Make no mistake, there’s not really such a thing as a bad jerkbait, per se. —Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 9 May 2024

There’s usually pomp and circumstance [in royal couplings] but that’s not really what was there. —Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 May 2024

Somebody who is not really worried about what he or she’s got to say about me. —Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 7 May 2024

But while this beef has crossed over into pop culture, the reality is the feud was strictly for hip-hop culture and not really anyone else. —Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 7 May 2024

So people on your team are trying to strap you down… No, no, not really. —Chris Willman, Variety, 26 Apr. 2024

This is not really an attack on anyone or anything. —Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 26 Apr. 2024

Still, the idea of Emma Hayes’s Chelsea team as a sort of Mighty Ducks-style underdog does not really fit with reality. —Rory Smith, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2024

Also, that’s another reason why it’s not really been 10 years of complete normal stability. —Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Apr. 2024