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ever-more

ever-more is the alternative form of evermore.

Meaning of evermore

Adverb

evermore (not comparable)

  1. Always; forever; eternally.
    • But love me for love's sake, that evermore / Thou may'st love on through love's eternity.c. 1845–1846, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “Sonnets from the Portuguese”, in Poems. […], new edition, volume II, London: Chapman & Hall, […], published 1850, →OCLC, sonnet XIV, page 451
    Antonyms:
    nevermore
  2. At any time in the future.
    • [N]ote by the way, that if honey be deſpumed, that is to ſay, skummed and clarified, it is evermore the better for any uſe.1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book XXII.] Of the nature and properties of Honey. […].”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The...

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Ever-more is the alternative form of evermore.

Words near ever-more in the dictionary

  1. ever-damned
  2. ever-growing
  3. ever-lasting
  4. ever-loving
  5. ever-lovings
  6. ever-more
  7. ever-moving
  8. ever-present
  9. ever-presents
  10. ever-shifting
  11. ever-smoker

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