Ever

adv.	1.	At any time; at any period or point of time. No man ever yet hated his own flesh. - Eph. v. 29.
	2.	At all times; through all time; always; forever. He shall ever love, and always be The subject of by scorn and cruelty. - Dryder.
	3.	Without cessation; continually. To produce as much as ever they can. - M. Arnold. Ever and anon now and then; often. See under Anon. Ever is one continually; constantly. Ever so in whatever degree; to whatever extent; - used to intensify indefinitely the meaning of the associated adjective or adverb. See Never so, under Never. - Chaucer. And all the question (wrangle e'er so long), Is only this, if God has placed him wrong. - Pope. You spend ever so much money in entertaining your equals and betters. - Thackeray. She [Fortune] soon wheeled away, with scornful laughter, out of sight for ever and day. - Prof. Wilson. Would I had met my dearest foe in heaven Or ever I had seen that day, Horatio! - Shak.

Adv.	1.	ever - at any time; "did you ever smoke?"; "the best con man of all time" Synonyms: of all time
	2.	ever - 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" Synonyms: always, e'er Antonyms: ne'er, never - not ever; at no time in the past or future; "I have never been to China"; "I shall never forget this day"; "had never seen a circus"; "never on Sunday"; "I will never marry you!"
	3.	ever - (intensifier for adjectives) very; "she was ever so friendly" Synonyms: ever so

all the time, annoyingly, anytime, anyway, anywise, at all, at all times, at any cost, at any time, aye, by any chance, by any means, by merest chance, ceaselessly, confoundedly, consistently, constantly, consummately, continually, daily, daily and hourly, day after day, day and night, endlessly, eternally, even, ever and again, ever and anon, everlastingly, evermore, every day, every hour, every moment, excessively, extremely, for all time, for aye, for good, for keeps, forever, forever and aye, forevermore, grievously, hour after hour, hourly, if at all, immensely, in all ages, in any case, in any way, incessantly, inordinately, invariably, month after month, mortally, night and day, now and forever, on and on, once, over, overfull, overly, overmuch, perennially, perpetually, plaguey, rapidly, regularly, right along, steadily, still, super, sustainedly, throughout the ages, till doomsday, till time stops, too, unceasingly, unduly, unintermittently, uninterruptedly, unvaryingly, usually, without cease, without letup, without stopping, year after year, yet

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