never \nev"er\ ne^v"~er, adv. as. n=aefre; ne not, no +
   =aefre ever.
   1. not ever; not at any time; at no time, whether past,
      present, or future. --shak.
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            death still draws nearer, never seeming near.
                                                  --pope.
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   2. in no degree; not in the least; not.
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            whosoever has a friend to guide him, may carry his
            eyes in another man's head, and yet see never the
            worse.                                --south.
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            and he answered him to never a word.  --matt. xxvii.
                                                  14.
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   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.
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   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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see also:
never a deal never so ever so 

ever \ev"er\adv. oe. ever, aefre, as. aefre; perh. akin to
   as. =a always. cf. aye, age,evry, never.
   sometimes contracted into e'er.
   1. at any time; at any period or point of time.
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            no man ever yet hated his own flesh.  --eph. v. 29.
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   2. at all times; through all time; always; forever.
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            he shall ever love, and always be
            the subject of by scorn and cruelty.  --dryder.
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   3. without cessation; continually.
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   note: ever is sometimes used as an intensive or a word of
         enforcement. "his the old man e'er a son?" --shak.
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               to produce as much as ever they can. --m. arnold.
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   ever and anon, now and then; often. see under anon.

   ever is one, continually; constantly. obs. --chaucer.

   ever so, in whatever degree; to whatever extent; -- used to
      intensify indefinitely the meaning of the associated
      adjective or adverb. see never so, under never. "let
      him be ever so rich." --emerson.
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            and all the question wrangle e'er so long,
            is only this, if god has placed him wrong. --pope.
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            you spend ever so much money in entertaining your
            equals and betters.                   --thackeray.

   for ever, eternally. see forever.

   for ever and a day, emphatically forever. --shak.
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            she fortune soon wheeled away, with scornful
            laughter, out of sight for ever and day. --prof.
                                                  wilson.

   or ever for or ere, before. see or, ere. archaic
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            would i had met my dearest foe in heaven
            or ever i had seen that day, horatio --shak.
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   note: ever is sometimes joined to its adjective by a hyphen,
         but in most cases the hyphen is needless; as, ever
         memorable, ever watchful, ever burning.
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see also:
aye age evry never e'er ever and anon 
anon ever is one ever so never so for ever 
forever for ever and a day or ever or ere 

ever so
     adv : intensifier for adjectives very; "she was ever so
           friendly" syn: ever
see also:
ever 

48 moby thesaurus words for "ever so":
   a deal, a fortiori, a great deal, a lot, above all, abundantly,
   all the more, as all creation, as all get-out, beaucoup, chiefly,
   considerable, considerably, dominantly, especially, even,
   ever so much, first of all, galore, greatly, highly, in chief,
   in great measure, in the main, indeed, largely, mainly,
   more than ever, mostly, much, muchly, never so, no end, no end of,
   not a little, particularly, peculiarly, plenty, predominantly,
   pretty much, primarily, principally, so, so very much, still more,
   to the skies, very much, yea