nary
See also: n-ary
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Variant form of ne'er a.
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 159: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value UK is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈnɛəɹi/
- Rhymes: -ɛəɹi
Adjective
nary (not comparable)
- Not, never.
- 1923, Photoplay: The Aristocrat of Motion Picture Magazines
- And all about the room, candles gleaming in branched sconces. Nary one glare of electric light.
- 2010, Frank Stallone, Stewart Lane[1], page 63:
- I been doin' this chore for nary twenty years since your Pa died
- 2014, Lori Gertz, When Mama Can't Kiss it Better, A journey of love, loss and acceptance[2]:
- Then, it took her nary ten minutes to diagnose me with adrenal fatigue
- 2018, Antero Pietila, The Ghosts of Johns Hopkins: The Life and Legacy that Shaped an American City[3]:
- Nary three weeks before, on December 12, Officer Cherylann Young steered a marked Miami-Dade County police cruiser toward the perimeter of MIA, the international airport.
- 1923, Photoplay: The Aristocrat of Motion Picture Magazines
Derived terms
Translations
References
- “nary”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.