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| Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. |
| nary (adj.) |
| is a form of ne’er a, meaning “never a,” as in There was nary a soul in sight. It is Standard in that phrasal use, but without a or an following, it is dialectal and Nonstandard. See ARY. | 1 |
| The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. Copyright © 1993 Columbia University Press. |
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