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Ever Definition And Meaning
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.

Ever Definition And Meaning

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

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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