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everyway

American  
[ev-ree-way] / ˈɛv riˌweɪ /

adverb

  1. in every way; in every direction, manner, or respect.

    They tried everyway to find the information.


Etymology

Origin of everyway

First recorded in 1560–70; every + way 1


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“It was all over, and all the shrews and raccoons were running everyway, trying to get out.”

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

The mansion-house was an irregular and ancient affair enough, everyway unlike the half Grecian, half Gothic, or wholly Swiss specimens of architecture with which Long Island is now scattered.

From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 2 August 1848 by Various

Is he not an eye to us all; a blessed heaven-sent Bringer of Light?—And, at bottom, was it not perhaps far better that this Shakspeare, everyway an unconscious man, was conscious of no Heavenly message?

From Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History by Thomas Carlyle

“The whole round earth is everyway Bound by gold chains about the feet of God.”

From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide by Charles Herbert Sylvester

And if this Prince of fluff and feather come To woo you, niece, he is dangerous everyway.

From Queen Mary and Harold by Alfred Tennyson, Baron Tennyson

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