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e'ry

e'ry is the alternative spelling of every.

Meaning of every

Determiner

every

  1. All of a countable group (considered individually), without exception.
    • Every person in the room stood and cheered.
  2. Denotes equal spacing at a stated interval, or a proportion corresponding to such a spacing.
    • We stopped for refreshments every ten miles.
  3. Denotes an abundance of something.
    • We wish you every happiness in the future.

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Questions about e'ry

What is e'ry the alternative spelling of?
E'ry is the alternative spelling of every.

Words near e'ry in the dictionary

  1. e'er
  2. e'eryone
  3. e'erything
  4. e'erywhere
  5. e'rrything
  6. e'ry
  7. e'rybody
  8. e'ryone
  9. e'rythin'
  10. e'rything
  11. e'ryting

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Adapted from Wiktionary: e'ry (page history and authors); every (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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