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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "ever"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ•āĻ–āύāĻ“, āϝ⧇ āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ

at any point in time
ever definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Nothing ever scared her, not even thunderstorms.
āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁āχ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻ–āύāĻ“ āĻ­āϝāĻŧ āĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧāύāĻŋ, āĻāĻŽāύāĻ•āĻŋ āĻŦāĻœā§āϰāĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻ“ āύāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āĻ•āĻ–āύāĻ“, āϝ⧇āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ

used to show emphasis when making comparisons
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The company 's profits are higher than ever this quarter.
āĻāχ āϕ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟāĻžāϰ⧇ āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϰ āĻŽā§āύāĻžāĻĢāĻž āĻ•āĻ–āύ⧋ āĻāϰ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋāĨ¤
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āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻĻāĻž, āĻ…āĻŦāĻŋāϰāϤ

at all times without exception
Formal
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She remained ever faithful to her principles.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āύ⧀āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻĻāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āφāϰāĻ“ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ, āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻĻāĻž āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ

progressively more over time
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
We 're spending ever larger amounts on healthcare.
āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻĨā§āϝāϏ⧇āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧ āφāϰāĻ“ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻŦā§āϝāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤
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āĻ•āĻ–āύāĻ“, āĻāĻ•āĻĻāĻŋāύ

in any possible way or to any degree
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Nothing will ever compare to our wedding day.
āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁āχ āĻ•āĻ–āύāĻ“ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāύ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϤ⧁āϞāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŦ⧇ āύāĻžāĨ¤
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āĻ•āĻ–āύāĻ“, āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻĻāĻž

used to show surprise or disbelief when combined with question words
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
What ever possessed you to try skydiving?
āϕ⧀ āĻ•āĻ–āύ⧋ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻ•āĻžāχāĻĄāĻžāχāĻ­āĻŋāĻ‚ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻšāϏ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇?
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āĻ•āĻ–āύāĻ“, āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻŋāχ

used as an intensive to emphasize adjectives
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Did she ever look gorgeous in that red dress!
āϏ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ–āύ⧋ āϏ⧇āχ āϞāĻžāϞ āĻĒā§‹āĻļāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻāϤ āϏ⧁āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇!
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