'Ever' definitions:
Definition of 'ever'
From: WordNet
adverb
At any time; "did you ever smoke?"; "the best con man of all time" [syn: ever, of all 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" [syn: always, ever, e'er] [ant: ne'er, never]
adverb
(intensifier for adjectives) very; "she was ever so friendly" [syn: ever, ever so]
Definition of 'Ever'
From: GCIDE
- Ever \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. [1913 Webster]
- No man ever yet hated his own flesh. --Eph. v. 29. [1913 Webster]
- 2. At all times; through all time; always; forever. [1913 Webster]
- He shall ever love, and always be The subject of by scorn and cruelty. --Dryder. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Without cessation; continually. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Ever is sometimes used as an intensive or a word of enforcement. "His the old man e'er a son?" --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- To produce as much as ever they can. --M. Arnold. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- And all the question (wrangle e'er so long), Is only this, if God has placed him wrong. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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] [1913 Webster]
- Would I had met my dearest foe in heaven Or ever I had seen that day, Horatio! --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'ever'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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