none Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun a canonical hour that is the ninth hour of the day counting from sunrise
noun a service in the Roman Catholic Church formerly read or chanted at 3 PM (the ninth hour counting from sunrise) but now somewhat earlier
adjective satellite not any
- thou shalt have none other gods before me
adverb not at all or in no way
- seemed none too pleased with his dinner
- shirt looked none the worse for having been slept in
- none too prosperous
- the passage is none too clear

OE. none, non, nan, no, na, AS. nan, fr. ne not + an one. . See No, a. & adv., One, and cf. Non-, Null, a.

No one; not one; not anything; -- frequently used also partitively, or as a plural, not any.
There is none that doeth good; no, not one. Ps. xiv. 3.

Six days ye shall gather it, but on the seventh day, which is the Sabbath, in it there shall be none. Ex. xvi. 26.

Terms of peace yet none Vouchsafed or sought. Milton.

None of their productions are extant. Blair.
No; not any; -- used adjectively before a vowel, in old style; as, thou shalt have none assurance of thy life.