[ˈɛvə], (Adverb)

Definitions:
- at any time
(e.g: nothing ever seemed to ruffle her)

- at all times; always
(e.g: ever the man of action, he was impatient with intellectuals)

- increasingly; constantly
(e.g: having to borrow ever larger sums)

- used for emphasis in questions expressing astonishment or outrage
(e.g: who ever heard of a grown man being frightened of the dark?)


Phrases:
- ever again
- ever and anon
- ever since
- ever so
- if ever there was
- yours ever

Origin:
Old English ǣfre, of unknown origin