nev'r

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Sense 1

Meaning · English

Contraction of never

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

không bao giờ

Machine-translated — suggest a fix

Register: archaic

Where it’s used: Used American English

Examples

Till hee fac'd the Slaue: / Which neu'r ſhooke hands, nor bad farwell to him, / […]

Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).

Sense 2

Meaning · English

Eye dialect spelling of never.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Cách viết biến thể của từ never

Machine-translated — suggest a fix

Register: dated

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).

Common questions

What does “nev'r” mean?

Contraction of never

Is “nev'r” formal or informal?

nev'r is generally archaic.

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