Meaning of ALWAYS
| Pronunciation: | | 'olweyz
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- [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] forever; throughout all time; "we will always be friends"; "I shall treasure it always"; "I will always love you"
- [adv] at any time or in any event; "you can always resign if you don't like it"; "you could always take a day off"
- [adv] seemingly without interruption; often and repeatedly; "always looking for faults"; "it is always raining"; "he is forever cracking jokes"; "they are forever arguing"
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| | Synonyms: | | e'er, ever, forever |
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| | Antonyms: | | ne'er, never | | |
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| | Definition: | | \Al"ways\, adv. [All + way. The s is an adverbial (orig.
a genitive) ending.]
1. At all times; ever; perpetually; throughout all time;
continually; as, God is always the same.
Even in Heaven his [Mammon's] looks and thoughts.
--Milton.
2. Constancy during a certain period, or regularly at stated
intervals; invariably; uniformly; -- opposed to
{sometimes} or {occasionally}.
He always rides a black galloway. --Bulwer.
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| | Related Terms: | | abidingly, again and again, all along, all over, all the time, all the while, at all times, at every turn, ceaselessly, changelessly, constantly, continually, continuously, cosmically, daily, daily and hourly, day after day, day and night, enduringly, eternally, ever, ever and always, ever and anon, everlastingly, evermore, every day, every hour, every moment, everywhere, forever, forevermore, frequently, galactically, hour after hour, hourly, in any case, in every instance, in perpetuity, incessantly, inflexibly, internationally, invariably, lastingly, like clockwork, many times, methodically, month after month, never otherwise, night and day, often, on and on, orderly, perennially, permanently, perpetually, rapidly, regularly, right along, rigidly, statically, steadfastly, steadily, sustainedly, systematically, the world over, unceasingly, unchangingly, unendingly, unintermittently, uninterruptedly, universally, unvaryingly, unwaveringly, usually, without cease, without exception, without letup, without stopping, year after year |
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