About The Word Never
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What's The Definition Of Never?
[adv] not ever; at no time in the past or future; "I have never been to China"; "I shall never forget this day"; "had never seen a circus"; "never on Sunday"; "I will never marry you!"
[adv] not at all; certainly not; not in any circumstances; "never fear"; "bringing up children is never easy"; "that will never do"; "what is morally wrong can never be politically right" Synonyms | Synonyms for Never: ne'er Related Terms | Find terms related to Never: at no hand | at no time | au contraire | by no means | far from it | God forbid | in no case | in no respect | in no way | in no wise | never on earth | nevermore | no matter what | nohow | not | not a bit | not a jot | not a speck | not a whit | not an iota | not at all | not ever | not much | not nearly | noway | noways | nowhere near | nowise | on no account | on no condition | on no occasion | quite the contrary | to the contrary | under no circumstances See Also | Never In Webster's Dictionary \Nev"er\, adv. [AS. n?fre; ne not, no + ?fre ever.]
1. Not ever; not at any time; at no time, whether past,
present, or future. --Shak.
Death still draws nearer, never seeming near.
--Pope.
2. In no degree; not in the least; not.
Whosoever has a friend to guide him, may carry his
eyes in another man's head, and yet see never the
worse. --South.
And he answered him to never a word. --Matt. xxvii.
14.
Note: Never is much used in composition with present
participles to form adjectives, as in never-ceasing,
never-dying, never-ending, never-fading, never-failing,
etc., retaining its usual signification.
{Never a deal}, not a bit. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
{Never so}, as never before; more than at any other time, or
in any other circumstances; especially; particularly; --
now often expressed or replaced by {ever so}.
Ask me never so much dower and gift. --Gen. xxxiv.
12.
A fear of battery, . . . though never so well
grounded, is no duress. --Blackstone.
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