nary

adv

1. (dated, not-comparable)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 […]”

   “Then, it took her nary ten minutes to diagnose me with adrenal fatigue”

   “Nary three weeks before, on December 12, Officer Cherylann Young steered a marked Miami-Dade County police cruiser toward the perimeter of MIA, the international airport.”

   “Mr. Hat: 'GOLDARMOR, THERE YOU ARE! I WAS THINKING... I'VE FOUGHT SCADS OF FOES, YET NARY A HAT IS WITHIN A GRASP!'”

adj

1. (dated, not-comparable)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.”

   “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.”

   “"Pish, and who cares for nary other?" Mrs. Bostwick cried out, tossing Etta's hand away from her. "I do, for one," said Etta tartly.”

   “Daphne… there is nary a gentleman here who would not take your hand.”