alway
Archaic for perpetually
Alway is an archaic or dialectal form of always, meaning at all times or perpetually.
It appears in older texts, particularly the King James Bible: I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.
The form survives in some regional speech but sounds antiquated in modern standard English.
archaic
At any time
- foreverFor all time
- evermoreFor all future time
- perpetuallyWithout interruption or end
- constantlyAt all times
continually · eternally · ceaselessly · unceasingly · aye · everlastingly · endlessly · incessantly
ever
At any time
- foreverFor all time
- evermoreFor all future time
- perpetuallyWithout interruption or end
constantly · continually · eternally · ceaselessly · unceasingly · aye · everlastingly · endlessly · incessantly · forevermore
- as alwaysIn the usual manner
- always therePerpetually available or present
- almost alwaysVery frequently, not quite universally
- always right
- the customer is always rightRetail principle favoring buyers
- same as always