never
adverb
[ ˈnɛvə ]
• at no time in the past or future; not ever.
• "they had never been camping in their lives"
Similar:
at no time,
not at any time,
not ever,
not once,
on no occasion,
ne'er,
• not at all.
• "he never turned up"
Similar:
not at all,
certainly not,
not for a moment,
not under/in any circumstances,
under/in no circumstances,
on no account,
no way,
not on your life,
not in a million years,
not for love or money,
not on your nelly,
Origin:
Old English nǣfre, from ne ‘not’ + ǣfre ‘ever’.
