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never (nev′ər)

adverb

  1. not ever; at no time
  2. not at all; by no chance; in no case; under no conditions

Etymology: ME nevere < OE næfre < ne, not (see no) + æfre, ever

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never

modif.

not ever, at no time, not at any time, not in the least, not in any way, in no way, not at all, not under any condition, absolutely not, under no circumstances, nevermore, never again, no way*, when hell freezes over*.


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never quotes

Never again.

-Anonymous

What I'd really liketosayabout stardom isthat it gave me everything I never wanted.

-Gardner, Ava originally Lucy Johnson

I'm called little Buttercupödear Little Buttercup, Though I could never tell why.

-Gilbert, Sir W(illiam) S(chwenck)

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