adv. [ AS. n&aemacr_;fre; ne not, no + &aemacr_;fre ever. ]
Death still draws nearer, never seeming near. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
Whosoever has a friend to guide him, may carry his eyes in another man's head, and yet see never the worse. South. [ 1913 Webster ]
And he answered him to never a word. Matt. xxvii. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
Never a deal,
Never so,
Ask me never so much dower and gift. Gen. xxxiv. 12.
A fear of battery, . . . though never so well grounded, is no duress. Blackstone.
adj. endless or seemingly endless;
adv. Never again; at no time hereafter. Testament of Love. Tyndale. [ 1913 Webster ]
Where springtime of the Hesperides
Begins, but endeth nevermore. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. Incapable of being subdued.
adv. & conj. Nevertheless. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. & conj. [ Never + the (see The by that) + less. ] Not the less; notwithstanding; in spite of that; yet. [ 1913 Webster ]
No chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous; nevertheless, afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness. Heb. xii. 11. [ 1913 Webster ]