Word Meanings - EVER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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

Additional info about word: EVER

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. 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 , 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 soon wheeled away, with scornful laughter, out of sight for ever and day. Prof. Wilson. -- Or ever , before. See Or, ere. 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.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of EVER)

• Continually
• Constantly
• persistently
• always
• ever
• perpetually
• unceasingly
• repeatedly
• frequently
• continuously
• Seldom
• Rarely
• infrequently
• occasionally
• inconstantly
• hardly ever

Related words: (words related to EVER)

• REPEATEDLY
  More than once; again and again; indefinitely.
• CONTINUOUSLY
  In a continuous maner; without interruption. -- Con*tin"u*ous*ness, n.
• SELDOMNESS
  Rareness. Hooker.
• PERSISTENTLY
  In a persistent manner.
• CONTINUALLY
  1. Without cessation; unceasingly; continuously; as, the current flows continually. Why do not all animals continually increase in bigness Bentley. 2. In regular or repeated succession; very often. Thou shalt eat bread at my table continually.
• PERPETUALLY
  In a perpetual manner; constantly; continually. The Bible and Common Prayer Book in the vulgar tongue, being perpetually read in churches, have proved a kind of standard for language. Swift.
• INFREQUENTLY
  Not frequently; rarely.
• SELDOM
  Rarely; not often; not frequently. Wisdom and youth are seldom joined in one. Hooker. (more info) seldon, seldum, fr. seld rare; akin to OFries. sielden, D. zelden, G. selten, OHG. seltan, Icel. sjaldan, Dan. sielden, Sw. sällan, Goth.
• OCCASIONALLY
  In an occasional manner; on occasion; at times, as convenience requires or opportunity offers; not regularly. Stewart. The one, Wolsey, directly his subject by birth; the other, his subject occasionally by his preferment. Fuller.
• HARDLY
  1. In a hard or difficult manner; with difficulty. Recovering hardly what he lost before. Dryden. 2. Unwillingly; grudgingly. The House of Peers gave so hardly theiMilton. 3. Scarcely; barely; not guite; not wholly. Hardly shall you one so bad,
• INCONSTANTLY
  In an inconstant manner.
• FREQUENTLY
  At frequent or short intervals; many times; often; repeatedly; commonly.
• RARELY
  1. In a rare manner or degree; seldom; not often; as, things rarely seen. 2. Finely; excellently; with rare skill. See 3d Rare, 2. The person who played so rarely on the flageolet. Sir W. Scott. The rest of the spartments are rarely gilded. Evelyn.
• ALWAYS
  1. At all times; ever; perpetually; throughout all time; continually; as, God is always the same. Even in Heaven his looks and thoughts. Milton. 2. Constancy during a certain period, or regularly at stated intervals; invariably; uniformly; --
• CONSTANTLY
  With constancy; steadily; continually; perseveringly; without cessation; uniformly. But she constantly affirmed that it was even so. Acts. xii. 15.
• UNSELDOM
  Not seldom; frequently.
• SEMIOCCASIONALLY
  Once in a while; on rare occasions.