if ever
Assuming it happens
If ever intensifies a conditional, emphasizing that something is rare, unlikely, or extreme: If ever there was a time to act, it's now.
It can stress that a condition has never been more true: If ever I needed a drink, it's tonight.
The phrase also appears in polite requests: If ever you're in town, look me up.
- in caseAs a contingency
- whetherConjunction expressing doubt
- onceAt one time
- supposingConjecture as premise
- on the off chanceHoping for unlikely outcome
unless · scarcely · contingent · seldom · once in a blue moon · hypothetical · indeed · uncertain · speculative · provided · rarely · as long as · possibility · truly · doubtful · absolutely · infrequent · emphatically
if everalways
At all times
certainly · definitely · surely · without doubt · without fail
if everalways
At all times
whenever · every time · invariably · constantly · without exception
if everconstantly
At all times
regularly · frequently · often · habitually · routinely
if, ever, evermore, forever, whenever, wherever, whatever, however, whoever