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every which way

every which way adverb: all over; in every direction.

Adverb

every which way (not comparable)

  1. All over; in every direction.
    • The kids got to the park and ran every which way.
    • Indeed, a jolly little Clown now came walking toward them, and Dorothy could see that in spite of his pretty clothes of red and yellow and green he was completely covered with cracks, running every which way and showing plainly that he had been mended in many places.1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, “The Dainty China Country”, in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M[elvin] Hill Co., →OCLC, page 232
  2. In all sorts of ways or manners.
    • You can't keep doing it every which way if you want a consistent result.
    Synonyms:
    any old how

Synonyms of every which way

Questions about every which way

What does every which way mean?
Every which way means all over; in every direction.
What part of speech is every which way?
Every which way is an adverb.

Words near every which way in the dictionary

  1. every time one farts
  2. every time one turns around
  3. every trick in the book
  4. every way to Sunday
  5. every where
  6. every which way
  7. every which where
  8. every woman for herself
  9. every woman Jill
  10. every-day
  11. Every. Single. Time.

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