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nary
UK /ˈnɛə.ɹi/ US /ˈnɛɚ.i/
adv 1adj 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
missing, other
VERB + NARY
branched, house, said, shed, times, took
NARY + NOUN
minutes, moth, word
PREP.
in, with
Definitions
adv
1
Not, never.
And all about the room, candles gleaming in branched sconces. Nary one glare of electric light.
Every day, uncomplaining, this ten-ounce muscle contracts 100 thousand times nary “missing a beat.” Over a lifetime of faithful service, these two self-lubricating, self-regulating, high-capacity pumps beat two and one-half billion times […]
adj
1
Not any.
We'uns wuz willin't fout fur ole Tennessee, but for nary other State. When he started out o' Tennessee we'uns jest concluded t' strike out and leave him.
I'm cheered you liked [“The Partridge Festival”] but I must have it back as I have nary other copy. If you really want to read somebody, read Proust for pity's sake.
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And all about the room, candles gleaming in branched sconces. Nary one glare of electric light.
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Every day, uncomplaining, this ten-ounce muscle contracts 100 thousand times nary “missing a beat.” Over a lifetime of faithful service, these two self-lubricating, self-regulating, high-capacity pump
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Then, it took her nary ten minutes to diagnose me with adrenal fatigue
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We'uns wuz willin't fout fur ole Tennessee, but for nary other State. When he started out o' Tennessee we'uns jest concluded t' strike out and leave him.
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I'm cheered you liked [“The Partridge Festival”] but I must have it back as I have nary other copy. If you really want to read somebody, read Proust for pity's sake.
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Together standing on the step outside the apartment house. Where nary a moth will ever come to smash its little dust on a Bonniface window pane.
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