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• ava
  ava

  adverb

  of all; at all.
• Ava
  Ava

  noun

  a first name.

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

I ne'er was a stay-at-hame callant ava, I aye must be rantin' an' roamin' awa', An' far hae I wandered, an' muckle hae seen O' the ways o' the warl' wi' ma vara ain een.

From Mr. Punch in the Highlands 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

Cruel! why man, the fish kens naething ava, and out o' its ain element, it gets choked in a minute.

From The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion by Turnbull, Robert