About The Word Ever
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What's The Definition Of Ever?
[adv] at all times; all the time and on every occasion; "I will always be there to help you"; "always arrives on time"; "there is always some pollution in the air"; "ever hoping to strike it rich"; "ever busy"
[adv] at any time; "did you ever smoke?"; "the best con man of all time" [adv] (intensifier for adjectives) very; "she was ever so friendly" Synonyms | Synonyms for Ever: always | e'er | ever so | of all time Related Terms | Find terms related to Ever: all the time | always | annoyingly | anytime | anyway | anywise | at all | at all times | at any cost | at any time | aye | by any chance | by any means | by merest chance | ceaselessly | confoundedly | consistently | constantly | consummately | continually | continuously | daily | daily and hourly | day after day | day and night | endlessly | eternally | even | ever and again | ever and anon | everlastingly | evermore | every day | every hour | every moment | excessively | extremely | for all time | for aye | for good | for keeps | forever | forever and aye | forevermore | grievously | hour after hour | hourly | if at all | immensely | in all ages | in any case | in any way | incessantly | inordinately | invariably | month after month | mortally | night and day | now and forever | on and on | once | over | overfull | overly | overmuch | perennially | perpetually | plaguey | rapidly | regularly | right along | steadily | still | super | sustainedly | throughout the ages | till doomsday | till time stops | too | unceasingly | unduly | unintermittently | uninterruptedly | unvaryingly | usually | without cease | without letup | without stopping | year after year | yet See Also | Ever In Webster's Dictionary \Ev"er\adv. [OE. ever, [ae]fre, AS. [ae]fre; perh. akin to
AS. [=a] always. Cf. {Aye}, {Age},{Evry}, {Never}.]
[Sometimes contracted into {e'er}.]
1. At any time; at any period or point of time.
No man ever yet hated his own flesh. --Eph. v. 29.
2. At all times; through all time; always; forever.
He shall ever love, and always be The subject of by
scorn and cruelty. --Dryder.
3. Without cessation; continually.
Note: Ever is sometimes used as an intensive or a word of
enforcement. ``His the old man e'er a son?'' --Shak.
To produce as much as ever they can. --M. Arnold.
{Ever and anon}, now and then; often. See under {Anon}.
{Ever is one}, continually; constantly. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
{Ever so}, in whatever degree; to whatever extent; -- used to
intensify indefinitely the meaning of the associated
adjective or adverb. See {Never so}, under {Never}. ``Let
him be ever so rich.'' --Emerson.
And all the question (wrangle e'er so long), Is only
this, if God has placed him wrong. --Pope.
You spend ever so much money in entertaining your
equals and betters. --Thackeray.
{For ever}, eternally. See {Forever}.
{For ever and a day}, emphatically forever. --Shak.
She [Fortune] soon wheeled away, with scornful
laughter, out of sight for ever and day. --Prof.
Wilson.
{Or ever} (for or ere), before. See {Or}, {ere}. [Archaic]
Would I had met my dearest foe in heaven Or ever I
had seen that day, Horatio! --Shak.
Note: Ever is sometimes joined to its adjective by a hyphen,
but in most cases the hyphen is needless; as, ever
memorable, ever watchful, ever burning.
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