ava

¹ American  

[uh-vah, uh-vaw] / əˈvɑ, əˈvɔ /

Or ava'

adverb

Scot.

1. of all; at all.

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Ava ² American  

[ey-vuh] / ˈeɪ və /

noun

1. a first name.

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ava British  

/ əˈvɔː /

adverb

1. at all

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Etymology

Origin of ava

Scot form of of all

Example Sentences

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

"It is your young son's heart's blood; 'Tis the clearest ava."

From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various

"Oh, very puirly, sir, very puirly indeed," was the answer, "the yard has done nothing ava for us this summer,—if you like to believe me I havena buriet a leevin' soul this sax weeks."

From Amusing Prose Chap Books by Various

Fine Tackle.—"His tackle for bricht, airless days is o' gossamere; and at a wee distance aff you think he's fishin' without ony line ava."

From The Determined Angler and the Brook Trout an anthological volume of trout fishing, trout histories, trout lore, trout resorts, and trout tackle by Bradford, Charles Barker