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Antonyms for always

Grammar : Adv
Spell : awl-weyz, -weez
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɔl weɪz, -wiz

Definition of always

Origin :
  • mid-14c., compound of Old English phrase ealne weg "always, quite, perpetually," literally "all the way," with accusative of space or distance, though the oldest recorded usages refer to time. The adverbial genitive -s appeared early 13c. and is now the standard, though the variant alway survived into 1800s. OED speculates allway was originally of space or distance, "but already in the oldest Eng. transferred to an extent of time."
  • adv forever; continually
Example sentences :
  • If it does not always tell us what to do, it always cautions us what not to do.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • Soon as I looked at her it seemed to me I'd known her always.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • When he did go it was always understood to be positively for not more than two weeks.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • I've always been taken with the chap; and I'm very glad you read him correctly.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • I am more grateful to you than words can utter—and I will always be glad to do anything for you.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Robert was right in calling him a miser, but he had not always deserved the name.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • But then, I always was a terrible poor judge of human nature.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • As for him—well caviare, I'm afraid, will always be caviare to Jimmy Nesbit.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • We always think the sun drops down away from us, but it stays still.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • It always feels like you—like your arms, Mtterchen—and I am tired.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

Synonyms for always

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