ever
at any time
How often you will meet it
Rank 160 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 150,173 times across 175,113 chapters — 0.071% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 500 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
adverb
- at any time also: of all time did you ever smoke?the best con man of all time
- at all times; all the time and on every occasion also: always, e'er I will always be there to help youalways arrives on time
- (intensifier for adjectives) very also: ever so she was ever so friendly
ever in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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But nobody ever came quite to the end of it.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1
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They neither bring ruin upon others, nor ever receive it from alien hands.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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Many have passed all day, but none like these, And no face have I ever seen like hers.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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If I ever got time, I could black it, or ink it, or something, but I never shall get the time.
Gloria and Treeless Street · Annie Hamilton Donnell · Chapter 1
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No fireworks for him, perhaps, ever, but, by Jove, work and will could do a lot, and he could prove himself worthy.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1