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nary

[ nair-ee ]

adjective

, Older Use.
  1. not any; no; never a:

    nary a sound.



nary

/ ˈnɛərɪ /

adverb

  1. dialect.
    not; never

    nary a man was left



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Word History and Origins

Origin of nary1

First recorded in 1740–50; variant of ne'er a never a

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Word History and Origins

Origin of nary1

C19: variant of ne'er a never a

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Example Sentences

Venetians sip their coffee in quiet squares and walk their dogs along the waterfront with nary a tourist in sight.

I remember my early years as full of excitement, friends, and adventure, nary an iron bar in sight.

Marshall himself would have nary a cross word for Dixie of course.

This, of course, contradicted years of NFL statements, and there has been nary a peep since.

It is, in short, the same old dog-eared Republican playbook with nary an acknowledgement that Obama just won reelection.

But this mornin' I got a chance to size up the whole bunch, and nary one uh them jaspers I wanted t' see was in sight.

He started out as a mere or'nary politician, but the Democratic Boss took him up and his ambitions are growing.

I ain't kickin', you understand, nary bit; but onct in a dog's age I kind of hankers fer a decent look from one of 'em.

They want to run away from their master, but they hain't nary idee whar to go when they run away.

I sees yu a flinging de whoop now, but taint ober nary wun ob ole Mars Jon's mules, dat it taint.

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