\Nev"er\, adv. [AS. n?fre; ne not, no + ?fre ever.]
1. Not ever; not at any time; at no time, whether past,
   present, or future. --Shak.
         Death still draws nearer, never seeming near.
                                               --Pope.
2. In no degree; not in the least; not.
         Whosoever has a friend to guide him, may carry his
         eyes in another man's head, and yet see never the
         worse.                                --South.
         And he answered him to never a word.  --Matt. xxvii.
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Note: Never is much used in composition with present
      participles to form adjectives, as in never-ceasing,
      never-dying, never-ending, never-fading, never-failing,
      etc., retaining its usual signification.
{Never a deal}, not a bit. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
{Never so}, as never before; more than at any other time, or
   in any other circumstances; especially; particularly; --
   now often expressed or replaced by {ever so}.
         Ask me never so much dower and gift.  --Gen. xxxiv.
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         A fear of battery, . . . though never so well
         grounded, is no duress.               --Blackstone.