alway
/ˈɔːl.weɪ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.59 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "And lo I am with you allwaye even untyll the ende off the worlde."
- "Then Ieſus ſaid vnto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready."
- "I seal myself upon thee with my might, Abiding alway out of all men's sight Until God loosen over sea and land The thunder of the trumpets of the night."
- "Tired flower! upon my breast, I would wear thee alway"
Etymology
From Middle English alwey, from Old English ealneġ, ealne weġ (“always, perpetually”, literally “all the way”), from ealne + weġ (accusative case), equivalent to al- (“all”) + way. Cognate with Scots alwayis (“always”). More at all, way.