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A Writer's Dictionary:

well I never! Definition


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never
adverb
    1. Not ever; at no time.
      Thesaurus: not ever, not at any time, nevermore, when hell freezes over; Antonym: always, sometimes.
    2. Not.
      Example: I never realized that
    3. Emphatically not.
      Example: This will never do
      Thesaurus: not in the least, in no way, not at all, no way, not under any conditions.
    4. Surely not
      Example: Those two are never twins!
Idiom: never ever
    Absolutely never.
Idiom: well I never!
    An expression of astonishment.
Etymology: Anglo-Saxon næfre, from ne not + æfre ever.



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