Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

if there ever were one

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.42 in modern English

Syllables: if there ev-er w-ere one
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

Alternative form of if ever there was one.

Example Sentences

"The Saint, is Ignatius Loyola, the famous Captain General of the Jesuits; a man of genius, if there ever were one;—the painter, Rubens; and this undoubtedly one of the finest of that master’s inimitable works."
"Discussing trout first, the Kern River in its higher elevations abounds in the choice golden, a trophy fish if there ever were one."
"[…] by convincing her that his dying father, Captain Wallace Bibbs—an upright man if there ever were one!—had left you to him in his Will."
"That he had planned on being a medical ethicist but instead had been drawn into profiling by Garrett Woods, a Machiavellian man if there ever were one."

Questions

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

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