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1 ever
adv1) коли-небудь, будь-коли, колись2) завждиever after, ever since — з тих пір (як)
3) (у порівняльних зворотах з as... as...)I shall do it as soon as ever I can — я зроблю це, як тільки зможу
4) (надає підсилювального відтінку словам why, where та ін.)what ever do you mean? — що ж ви маєте на увазі?, що ж ви хочете цим сказати?
* * *adv1) абиколи; коли-небудьhardly /scarcely/ ever — майже ніколи, дуже
2) завжди, вічноfor ever — назавжди, навіки
4) дуже, надзвичайноever so — дуже, надзвичайно; набагато
ever after — з тих пір ( до кінця)
ever and again, ever and anon — час від часу; раз у раз
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2 ever
adv1) абиколи; коли-небудьhardly /scarcely/ ever — майже ніколи, дуже
2) завжди, вічноfor ever — назавжди, навіки
4) дуже, надзвичайноever so — дуже, надзвичайно; набагато
ever after — з тих пір ( до кінця)
ever and again, ever and anon — час від часу; раз у раз
См. также в других словарях:
hardly/scarcely ever — almost never : ↑rarely She hardly ever sings anymore. I scarcely ever think of them now. • • • Main Entry: ↑ever … Useful english dictionary
scarcely\ ever — • hardly ever • scarcely ever adv. phr. Very rarely; almost never; seldom. It hardly ever snows in Florida. Johnny hardly ever reads a book … Словарь американских идиом
scarcely ever — See: HARDLY EVER … Dictionary of American idioms
scarcely ever — See: HARDLY EVER … Dictionary of American idioms
hardly\ ever — • hardly ever • scarcely ever adv. phr. Very rarely; almost never; seldom. It hardly ever snows in Florida. Johnny hardly ever reads a book … Словарь американских идиом
scarcely — scarce|ly [ˈskeəsli US ˈsker ] adv 1.) almost not or almost none at all = ↑hardly ▪ The city had scarcely changed in 20 years. ▪ The country had scarcely any industry. ▪ He scarcely ever left the region. can/could scarcely do sth ▪ It was getting … Dictionary of contemporary English
scarcely — adverb 1) she could scarcely hear what he was saying Syn: hardly, barely, only just; almost not 2) I scarcely ever see him Syn: rarely, seldom, infrequently, not often, hardly ever, almost never, on … Thesaurus of popular words
hardly — Synonyms and related words: a bit, a little, abnormally, arduously, at infrequent intervals, badly, barely, bitterly, burdensomely, by a hair, by an ace, by no means, closely, difficultly, energetically, ever so little, exiguously, faintly,… … Moby Thesaurus
scarcely — Synonyms and related words: a bit, a little, at infrequent intervals, barely, by a hair, by an ace, by no means, ever so little, exiguously, extremely, faintly, fairly, feebly, hardly, hardly ever, here and there, imperfectly, in a measure, in a… … Moby Thesaurus
hardly ever — or[scarcely ever] {adv. phr.} Very rarely; almost never; seldom. * /It hardly ever snows in Florida./ * /Johnny hardly ever reads a book./ … Dictionary of American idioms
hardly ever — or[scarcely ever] {adv. phr.} Very rarely; almost never; seldom. * /It hardly ever snows in Florida./ * /Johnny hardly ever reads a book./ … Dictionary of American idioms