evermore

See also: ever-more

English

Etymology

ever +‎ -more

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɔː(r)

Adverb

evermore (not comparable)

Always; forever; eternally.
- c. 1845-46, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Sonnets from the Portuguese, If Thou Must Love Me:
  […] But love me for love's sake, that evermore / Thou mayst love on, through love's eternity.
At any time in the future.
- Holland
  Note by the way, that if honey be despumed, that is to say, skummed and clarified, it is evermore the better for any use.

Related terms

for evermore, forevermore

Translations

always

Finnish: ikuisesti (fi), aina (fi)
French: toujours (fr)
Greek: αιωνίως (el) (aioníos), αεί (el) (aeí)

Polish: zawsze (pl)
Spanish: siempre (es)

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