'Never a deal' definitions:

Definition of 'Never a deal'

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  • Never \Nev"er\ (n[e^]v"[~e]r), adv. [AS. n[=ae]fre; ne not, no + [=ae]fre ever.]
  • 1. Not ever; not at any time; at no time, whether past, present, or future. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Death still draws nearer, never seeming near. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. In no degree; not in the least; not. [1913 Webster]
  • Whosoever has a friend to guide him, may carry his eyes in another man's head, and yet see never the worse. --South. [1913 Webster]
  • And he answered him to never a word. --Matt. xxvii. 14. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: Never is much used in composition with present participles to form adjectives, as in never-ceasing, never-dying, never-ending, never-fading, never-failing, etc., retaining its usual signification. [1913 Webster]
  • Never a deal, not a bit. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  • Never so, as never before; more than at any other time, or in any other circumstances; especially; particularly; -- now often expressed or replaced by ever so.
  • Ask me never so much dower and gift. --Gen. xxxiv. 12.
  • A fear of battery, . . . though never so well grounded, is no duress. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]