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nary
[
nair
-ee
]
Origin
nar·y
/
ˈnɛər
i
/
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[
nair
-ee
]
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adjective
Older Use
.
not any; no; never a:
nary a
sound
.
Origin:
1740–50;
variant of
ne'er a
never a
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nary
(ˈnɛərɪ)
—
adv
dialect
not; never:
nary a man was left
[C19: variant of
ne'er a
never a]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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nary
1746, alteration of ne'er a, short for never a.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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