nary
/ˈnɛːri
/adjective
Informal or dialect form of not. there was nary a murmur or complaint...
- Finally, with nary an extra to be found, not even a trailer, this disc is the very definition of bare bones.
- There's nary a nipple in site, which suggests that the marketing people knew they had to sell the sizzle instead of the steak.
- If this band takes its name from any story, it's clearly this one, and yet, the band makes nary a mention of it.
Origin
Mid 18th century: from the phrase ne'er a.
Rhymes
- once-born
- once-fired
- once-for-all
- once in a blue moon
- once in a lifetime
- onceness
- once-off
- once-only
- once (or every once) in a while
- once or twice
- once-over
- oncer
- once-through
- once upon a time
- on-chip
- onchocercal
- onchocerciasis
- onchocercosis
- onchocercotic
- onchosphere
- Oncidium
- on cloud nine (or seven)
- onco-
- oncofetal
- oncofoetal