ava
adverb
of all; at all.
ava
1 American
[uh-vah, uh-vaw]
/ əˈvɑ, əˈvɔ /
Or
ava'
adverb
Scot.
Ava
2
American
[ey-vuh]
/ ˈeɪ və /
noun
ava
British
/ əˈvɔː /
adverb
Etymology
Origin of ava
Scot form of of all
Example Sentences
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Participants heard a series of nonsense words, like "ava," "kug," or "vip," and then spoke each one aloud.
From Science Daily • Nov. 6, 2023
Out of this ava lanche of acetate, the director has constructed a motion picture that crams the supercolossal Super Panavision screen with some of the most spectacular pictures ever taken of metal in motion.
From Time Magazine Archive
"There has a sair misfortune happened," said he once, "that ye aiblins dinna ken o'.—But it's nae matter ava!"
From The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) by Hogg, James
An' he's no parteecler eneuch ava wha he catches, an' never will listen to a word.
From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
But what ava has he been doin' to ye?
From The Coward A Novel of Society and the Field in 1863 by Morford, Henry
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