ever

[ev-er] / ˈɛv ər /

ADVERB

always, at any time

Synonyms

STRONGEST

consistently constantly continually forever regularly usually

WEAK

anytime at all at all times at any point by any chance endlessly eternally everlastingly evermore for keeps in any case in perpetuum incessantly invariably on any occasion perpetually relentlessly till cows come home to the end of time unceasingly unendingly

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Have you ever fallen victim to a lone bag of rotisserie chicken, left forgotten for weeks in the very back of your refrigerator?

From Salon • Jun. 29, 2026

"I don't think we'll ever feel like celebrities," says Powell.

From BBC • Jun. 29, 2026

The most severe heatwave ever recorded in Europe roasted central and eastern parts of the continent on Monday as Ukraine's war-ravaged power grid struggled to cope with the shock of scorching heat.

From Barron's • Jun. 29, 2026

I am now 76 and have been working full-time or part-time ever since then.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 29, 2026

No one would ever expect anything bad from him or think anything wrong about him, for he was an honorable man, a perfect gentleman.

From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios

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