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ev'ry

UK/ɛvɹi/

ev'ry is the contraction 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.

See all 4 meanings of every

Origin of ev'ry

Every used to be a trisyllabic word, and it was therefore at times necessary to replace the second e with an apostrophe to pronounce the word as two syllables for poetic reasons.

Words that rhyme with ev'ry

Questions about ev'ry

What is ev'ry the contraction of?
Ev'ry is the contraction of every.
How do you pronounce ev'ry?
Ev'ry is pronounced /ɛvɹi/ (UK).

Words near ev'ry in the dictionary

  1. Euxton
  2. EV
  3. ev'ning
  4. ev'nings
  5. ev'r
  6. ev'ry
  7. ev'rythang
  8. ev'rything
  9. ev'ryting
  10. ev'ythang
  11. ev'ythin'

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ev'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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