never so

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]