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-ever

-ever suffix: attached to interrogatives, forms indefinite pronouns and adverbs.

Suffix

-ever

  1. Attached to interrogatives, forms indefinite pronouns and adverbs.

Origin of -ever

From Middle English -ever, a cliticisation of the adverb ever.

Questions about -ever

What does -ever mean?
-ever means attached to interrogatives, forms indefinite pronouns and adverbs.
What part of speech is -ever?
-ever is a suffix.

Words near -ever in the dictionary

  1. -etta
  2. -ette
  3. -ety
  4. -eum
  5. -euse
  6. -ever
  7. -ex
  8. -exia
  9. -ey
  10. -ez
  11. -f

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