Never
Never (nev"ẽr) , adverb
[Anglo-Saxon nafre; ne not, no + afre ever.]
1.
Not ever; not at any time; at no time, whether past, present, or future. — Shakespeare
Death still draws nearer, never seeming near.
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.
And he answered him to never a word.
Ask me never so much dower and gift.
A fear of battery,... though never so well grounded, is no duress.
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.
Collocations (2)
Never a deal , not a bit. [Obsolete] — 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.