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Definition of Never

1. Adverb. Not ever; at no time in the past or future. "I will never marry you!"

2. Adverb. Not at all; certainly not; not in any circumstances. "What is morally wrong can never be politically right"

Definition of Never

1. adv. Not ever; not at any time; at no time, whether past, present, or future.

Definition of Never

1. Adverb. At no time; on no occasion; in no circumstance. ¹

2. Adverb. Not at any other time; not on any other occasion; not previously. ¹

3. Adverb. (colloquial) Negative particle (''used to negate verbs in the simple past tense; also used absolutely''). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Never

1. at no time [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Never

neutrophilin neutrophilopenia neutrophilous neutrophils neutrotaxis neuvaines nevadaite nevadite nevah neve

nevel neveling nevelled nevelling nevels never (current term) never-ending never-never land never-say-die never-smoker

never-smokers never-was'er never-was-er never-waser never-would-be never-wozzer never-wozzers never again never change a running system

Literary usage of Never

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York by Daniel Defoe (1790)
"... and went away again; for I never heard that the planters were ever attacked and ... that they would never make any dif- tinction of ..."

2. History of the Origin of Representative Government in Europe by Guizot (François) (1861)
"This combined view of the greatness of events and the feebleness of the human mind, never appears so startlingly distinct as upon the occurrence of those ..."

3. The Liberal Christian Ministry by Jabez Thomas Sunderland (1889)
"Men's religious needs were never so intense as now, and the minister who strives to meet them will not find 'that the pulpit has a loosening hold on the ..."

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