Always
['ɔːlweɪz;-ɪz] or ['ɔlwez]
Definition
(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'.
Typed by Claire--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) At all times; ever; perpetually; throughout all time; continually; as, God is always the same.
(adv.) Constancy during a certain period, or regularly at stated intervals; invariably; uniformly; -- opposed to sometimes or occasionally.
Typist: Shirley
Synonyms and Synonymous
ad. Ever, evermore, perpetually, continually, eternally, unceasingly, everlastingly, for ever, AYE, FOR AYE, at all times, to the end of time, through all ages.
Typed by Keller
Definition
adv. through all ways: continually: for ever.
Typed by Darla
Examples
- She had always a new bonnet on, and flowers bloomed perpetually in it, or else magnificent curling ostrich feathers, soft and snowy as camellias. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- She had been all sweetness and kindness, always thankful, always gentle, even when Mrs. Clapp lost her own temper and pressed for the rent. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Go back as far as you will into the vague past, there was always a Damascus. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- But pride--where there is a real superiority of mind, pride will be always under good regulation. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- He was always well dressed, very neat and plain, but his eyes were weak, just as mine are, and he wore tinted glasses against the glare. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- It would seem to be always the same question, for, it is always followed by a press of people towards the third cart. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Mr. Batchelor's judgment and good sense were always in evidence. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He had always meant to do something, and Amy's advice was quite unnecessary. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- In some sense, men had always used an inductive method in dealing with their immediate practical concerns. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Why do you always avoid Mr. Tudor? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- A cocoanut shell always has a soft spot at one end because this is the provision nature has made to allow the embryo of the future tree to push its way out of the hard shell. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Always interrupting, you are, partner! Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- For what's a door-chain when she's got one always up? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- We always used that name for marshes, in our country. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- And I am glad of another thing, and that is, that of course you know you may depend upon my keeping it and always so far deserving it. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- He always used to say 'twas his nose bleedn, till he must have pomped all the blood out of 'um. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Races came and went, species passed away, but ever new species arose, more lovely, or equally lovely, always surpassing wonder. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The English and the Germans (he indignantly declared) were always reviling the Italians for their inability to cultivate the higher kinds of music. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Defarge spoke, always looking straight before him. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- There he did very well, but something went wrong (as it always does to a nomad), so he went to the Transvaal, and ran a panorama called 'Paradise Lost' in the Kaffir kraals. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I could understand the stillness in the house and the thoughtfulness it expressed on the part of all those who had always been so good to me. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I don't remember much about it, except that I was afraid of the cellar and the dark entry, and always liked the cake and milk we had up at the top. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The manufacturer has always been accustomed to look for his subsistence from his labour only; the soldier to expect it from his pay. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- It always does at the sight of such. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He always kept so far from me that I could not clearly see his face, but it was certainly someone whom I did not know. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I always thought this was business, this was the way to confront the thing, this was the way to take the foe by the throat. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- They appeared to be always excited about canvassing and electing. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Can it be that you really don't know of it--how much she had always thought of you? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The clocks thus controlled ought to be so regulated that if left to themselves they would always gain a little, but not more than a few minutes per day. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The tie between the Dagonets, the du Lacs of Maryland, and their aristocratic Cornish kinsfolk, the Trevennas, had always remained close and cordial. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
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