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ev·ery (ev)

adjective

  1. each, individually and separately; each, and including all every man among you
  2. the fullest possible; all that there could be given every chance to do the job
  3. each group or interval (a specified number or time) take a pill every three hours

Etymology: ME everiche < OE æfre ælc, lit., ever each

every Idioms

every now and then

from time to time; occasionally
also Informalevery so often

every other

each alternate, as the first, third, fifth, etc.

every which way

Informal
  1. in every direction
  2. in complete disorder

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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