nary

See also: n-ary

English

Alternative forms

• narry

Etymology

Univerbation of ne'er +‎ a.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈnɛəɹi/

• Audio (US, Mary–marry–merry merger):

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• Rhymes: -ɛəɹi

Adverb

nary (not comparable)

1. Not, never.
   • 2014, Richard Swenson, More Than Meets the Eye: Fascinating Glimpses of God's Power and Design, Tyndale House, →ISBN:

     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 […]

   • 1923, Photoplay: The Aristocrat of Motion Picture Magazines:

     And all about the room, candles gleaming in branched sconces. Nary one glare of electric light.

   • 2014, Lori Gertz, When Mama Can't Kiss it Better, A journey of love, loss and acceptance‎^[1]:

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

   • 2018, Antero Pietila, The Ghosts of Johns Hopkins: The Life and Legacy that Shaped an American City‎^[2]:

     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.

   • 2019 December 10, Yacht Club Games, "Story" (Mr. Hat), in Shovel Knight Showdown (version 4.1), Nintendo Switch:

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

Adjective

nary (not comparable)

1. Not any.
   • 1910, John McElroy, Si Klegg: Experiences of Si and Shorty on the Great Tullahoma Campaign, page 109:

     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.

   • 1961 March 20, Flannery O'Connor, letter to Maryat Lee, [ublished in 1988, The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (→ISBN):

     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.

   • 1963, J P Donleavy, A Singular Man, published 1963 (USA), page 286:

     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.

   • 2010, Dorothy McCleary, Not for Heaven, Wildside Press LLC, →ISBN, page 289:

     "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.

Translations

Translations

• French: aucun (fr), aucune (fr) f
• German: kein (de)
• Italian: nessuno (it)
• Polish: ani (pl)
• Russian: ни единого (ni jedinovo), ни одного (ni odnovo), ни капли (ni kapli), нисколько (ru) (niskolʹko)
• Spanish: ninguno (es)

References

• “nary”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Arny, N-ray, NYRA, Ryan, yarn

Lithuanian

Noun

narỹ

1. vocative singular of narỹs (“joint”)

Polish

Etymology

Uncertain, possibly from Lithuanian nariaĩ (singular narỹs), possibly through Belarusian на́ры (náry). Compare Russian на́ры (náry) and Ukrainian на́ри (náry). First attested in 1570.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈna.rɘ/

• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈna.rɨ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -arɘ
• Syllabification: na‧ry

Noun

nary nvir pl

1. (archaic) Synonym of prycza.

Declension

Declension of nary

	plural
nominative	nary
genitive	nar
dative	narom
accusative	nary
instrumental	narami
locative	narach
vocative	nary

Further reading

• nary in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1904), “nary”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 3, Warsaw, page 153