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."

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“Not really.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/not%20really. Accessed 2 Dec. 2022.

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