Meaning & use
nary
Not a single one; used in the phrase 'nary a' to emphasize a complete absence of something.
See it in a sentence
We searched the cabin for hours, but there was nary a sign of the missing hikers.
He finished the marathon with nary a complaint despite the pouring rain.
A note on using this word
Nary is old-fashioned or dialectal and almost always appears in the fixed phrase 'nary a' before a singular noun.
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