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