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Seagull Posted 12 years ago
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Nary a percentage point

There were absurdly toned people swinging kettlebells and leaping onto boxes, with nary a percentage point of body fat in sight.

In this sentence, what does the "with nary a percentage point" mean? Please put it into simpler terms.
  

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. with not even a tiny amount of body fat . .

— Clive

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  • with not even a tiny amount of body fat .
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. . . with not even a tiny amount of body fat . . . .
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Thank you very much, Clive.
Can I ask a further question? Which of the two explanations is closer in meaning to this expression?
(a) not even 1% of body fat...
(b) not even 0.1% of body fat...
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The original sentence means that everybody looked very fit and lean.
It does not suggest that someone started taking exact measurements of body fat!
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Thank you so much, Clive and CalifJim.
I understand.
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