ever
About 152.49 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adverb Always, frequently, forever.
It was ever thus.
- adverb Continuously, constantly, all the time (for the complete duration).
People struggled to cope with the ever-increasing cost of living.
- adverb At any time.
We've only ever talked on the phone.
- adverb As intensifier following an interrogative word.
Was I ever glad to see you!
- adverb Indicates experiential aspect, once; has or have (done something) before.
- adjective Occurring at any time, occurring even but once during a timespan.
- determiner Shortening of every
Similar words
always ever so of all time forever eternally continually permanently invariably incessantly seldom
Often followed by
since been be seen to had before more heard
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