Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ever and anon

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.33 in modern English

Syllables: ev-er and anon
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Synonym of occasionally, now and then.

Literary

Example Sentences

"Ever and anon a bright, but, alas, deceptive idea would dart you through."
"I could see Salemina at the far end of the table radiant with success, the W. S. at her side bending ever and anon to catch the (artificial) pearls of thought that dropped from her lips."
"Ever and anon the guard's face could be dimly seen at his window, more like a ghost than a man; [...]."
"Pippin never forgot that hour in the great hall under the piercing eye of the Lord of Gondor, stabbed ever and anon by his shrewd questions"

Usage

Literary

Synonyms

occasionally now and then

Questions

What does ever and anon mean?: Synonym of occasionally, now and then.

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