ne'er

[ nair ]

adverbLiterary.
  1. contraction of never.

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How to use ne'er in a sentence

  • I ne'er heard yet that any of these bolder vices wanted less impudence to gainsay what they did, than to perform it first.

    Pearls of Thought | Maturin M. Ballou
  • The ne'er-do-well blew, like seed before the wind, to distant places, but mankind at large stayed at home.

  • No clock more punctually went,He ne'er delayed a minute— Nor ever empty was his purse,When he had money in it.

  • He ne'er by any luck was grieved,By any care perplexed— No filcher he, though when he preached,He always "took" a text.

  • With your voice my ears ring,And a sweeter ne'er rung,Like a bird's on the wingWhen at morn it has wung.

British Dictionary definitions for ne'er

ne'er

/ (nɛə) /


adverb
  1. a poetic contraction of never

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