не без

• НЕ БЕЗ чего{{}}

[PrepP; Invar; Prep; the resulting PrepP is adv]

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⇒ with a certain degree (of sth.):

- not without...;

- (with) some...;

- [in limited contexts](with) a certain (amount of)...

     ♦ Не без страха глядел он и теперь на растворявшуюся дверь (Гоголь 3). It was not without fear, even now, that he watched the door opening (3b).

     ♦ ...Хотя чегемцы посмеивались над ним [Тимуром], однако относились не без опаски (Искандер 5). Although the Chegemians snickered at him [Timur], they treated him with some caution (5a).

     ♦ Карасик изо всех сил старался выглядеть, как всегда, уверенным и властным, но получалось это у него не без натуги и смущения (Максимов 3). Karasik was trying his hardest to look as self-assured and authoritative as ever, but he could not avoid showing a certain strain and embarrassment (3a).