Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

if there ever was one

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.45 in modern English

Syllables: if there ev-er was one
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

2

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

Alternative form of if ever there was one.

Example Sentences

"He got so fiendy finally that Mrs. Ford—she’s a dear if there ever was one—went up and put her arms around his neck, so as to stop him by a kiss."
"Besides coming in several hippie-ish colors (i.e. not black) and being almost impossible to cradle under your chin (a harbinger of the cellular miniphone if there ever was one), the single most telling characteristic of the Ericaphone was that it did not ring."
"That's how ugly she was—ugly by virtue of the fact that she was unmemorable, a slab of alabaster awaiting a sculptor who never arrived, a "nothing burger" if there ever was one."

Questions

What does if there ever was one mean?: Alternative form of if ever there was one.

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