nary

(nâr'ē)
adj.
Not one: "Frequently, measures of major import . . . glide through these chambers with nary a whisper of debate" (George B. Merry).

[Alteration of ne'er a.]

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The colloquial or dialect expression nary a (= not a) was exclusively American until the 20th century, when it began to appear in British works:

You can wander around the cavernous vaults of the Law Courts in the Strand these days and come across nary a person—New Society, 1973.

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See words rhyming with "nary."

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - slet ingen

Nederlands (Dutch)
geen

Français (French)
adj. - pas un

Deutsch (German)
adj. - kein

Ελληνική (Greek)
adv., -
adj. - ούτε ένας, κανένας

Italiano (Italian)
non

Português (Portuguese)
adv. - nem um (a)
adj. - nenhum (a)

Русский (Russian)
без всякого

Español (Spanish)
adj. - ninguno, ni uno solo

Svenska (Swedish)
adv. - inte (ett)
adj. - ingen enda, inte någon

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
连...也没有的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 連...也沒有的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 단 ~도 없는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - ただの…もない

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(ظرف) البته, قطعا, أبدا (صفه) لا شيء, لا أحد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮אף לא אחד, כלל לא‬

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