always
adverb
[ ˈɔːlweɪz ]
• at all times; on all occasions.
• "the sun always rises in the east"
Similar:
every time,
each time,
at all times,
all the time,
on every occasion,
on all occasions,
consistently,
invariably,
without fail,
without exception,
regularly,
repeatedly,
habitually,
unfailingly,
infallibly,
inevitably,
• as a last resort; failing all else.
• "if the marriage doesn't work out, we can always get divorced"
Similar:
as a last resort,
whatever the circumstances,
no matter what,
in any event,
in any case,
come what may,
Origin:
Middle English: genitive case of all way, the inflection probably giving the sense ‘at every time’ as opposed to ‘at one uninterrupted time’: the difference between the two is no longer distinct.
as always
• as usual; as always happens.
• "opinions, as always, were divided"
