Meaning & use
Ary
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A dialectal form of 'any,' used in some regional and older varieties of English.
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'Have you got ary a match?' the old farmer asked in his local dialect.
In the folk song, the singer asks if ary body has seen her love.
A note on using this word
Ary is a worn-down form of 'e'er a' ('ever a'), historically common in regional English and Appalachian speech; its counterpart 'nary' (never a) survives more widely today.
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