Alway

//ˈɔːl.weɪ// adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    Alternative form of always. alt-of, alternative, archaic, not-comparable

    "And lo I am with you allwaye even untyll the ende off the worlde."

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"And lo I am with you allwaye even untyll the ende off the worlde."

Etymology

From Middle English alwey, from Old English ealneġ, ealne weġ (“always, perpetually”, literally “all the way”), from ealne + weġ (accusative case), equivalent to al- (“all”) + way. Cognate with Scots alwayis (“always”). More at all, way.

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