ever

[EvĀ·er]

At all times; all the time and on every occasion

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At any time; at any period or point of time.

Adverb
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"

Adverb
at any time; "did you ever smoke?"; "the best con man of all time"

Adverb
(intensifier for adjectives) very; "she was ever so friendly"


adv.
At any time; at any period or point of time.

adv.
At all times; through all time; always; forever.

adv.
Without cessation; continually.


Ever

Ev"er adv. [OE. ever, '91fre, AS. '91fre; perh. akin to AS. 'be 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.
2. At all times; through all time; always; forever.
He shall ever love, and always be The subject of by scorn and cruelty.
3. Without cessation; continually. &hand; 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.
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.
You spend ever so much money in entertaining your equals and betters.
-- 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.
-- 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!
&hand; 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.

At any time; at any period or point of time.

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Usage Examples

'Breaking Bad' is the best, the greatest, the most amazing thing I have ever watched on television.

A lot of times I find that people who are blessed with the most talent don't ever develop that attitude, and the ones who aren't blessed in that way are the most competitive and have the biggest heart.

A national political campaign is better than the best circus ever heard of, with a mass baptism and a couple of hangings thrown in.

A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.

A boy's story is the best that is ever told.

'Hamlet' is one of the most dangerous things ever set down on paper. All the big, unknowable questions like what it is to be a human being the difference between sanity and insanity the meaning of life and death what's real and not real. All these subjects can literally drive you mad.

A jellyfish is little more than a pulsating bell, a tassel of trailing tentacles and a single digestive opening through which it both eats and excretes - as regrettable an example of economy of design as ever was.

A ball player has to be kept hungry to become a big leaguer. That's why no boy from a rich family has ever made the big leagues.

A lot of people are like, 'So you want to be famous.' And I'm like, 'No, I want to be good at my craft. I don't care about fame, I don't care if I even ever make it. As long as people know what I am as an actress in this business, I'm set for my career right now.'

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

A child's fear is a world whose dark corners are quite unknown to grownup people it has its sky and its abysses, a sky without stars, abysses into which no light can ever penetrate.

A line from one of my 1997 columns - 'Do one thing every day that scares you' - is now widely attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt, though I have yet to see any evidence that she ever said it and I don't believe she did. She said some things about fear, but not that thing.

'Caught' is a novel of forgiveness, and the past and the present - who should be and who shouldn't be forgiven. None of my books are ever just about thrills, or it won't work.

A sense of humor is good for you. Have you ever heard of a laughing hyena with heart burn?

'Avatar' is the greatest, most comprehensive collection of movie cliches ever assembled, but it's put together in a brand new way with a new technology, and tremendous imagination, making it a true epic and a kind of a milestone.

A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and love for his blessings here on earth is ever so alive.

A good face they say, is a letter of recommendation. O Nature, Nature, why art thou so dishonest, as ever to send men with these false recommendations into the World!

A child is owed the greatest respect if you have ever have something disgraceful in mind, don't ignore your son's tender years.

A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.

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