Alway

Part of speech: adverb

Definitions

1. Throughout all time, without any exception, in every instance or occasion
2. Continually and without interruption, lasting from the beginning to the end of a period
3. At every moment, for the whole duration of something, without ever ceasing

Etymology: "Always" is a word that once meant something quite literal: "all the way." In Old English, "ealneġ" was built from "ealne," meaning "all" in the accusative case, and "weġ," meaning "way." Speakers were, in effect, describing a journey that covered the whole distance, and only later did that physical image blur into the sense of lasting through all time. The change happened gradually across the Middle English period, when the word appeared as "alwey" before settling into its modern spelling. The Scots form "alwayis," which shares the same origin, shows how the word developed along parallel paths in different dialects.

Synonyms: always, ever, forever

Antonyms: never