たえて

たえて【絶えて】

＝いっこうに, すこしも.

●絶えて…ない never; never once; not even once; not…at all.

●その後絶えてお目にかかりませんがいかがお過ごしでしょうか. I haven't seen you once since that last time, but you are well, I presume.

・彼女には絶えて会う機会がない. I haven't once had an opportunity to see her.

・あいつが笑うなんて絶えてなかったことだ. He had never once been known to laugh.

・これは絶えて例のないことだ. There is no precedent for this. | This has never happened [been known to happen] before. | This is most unusual.