Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

every which way

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.51 in modern English

Syllables: ev-ery which way
IPA

36

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

All over; in every direction.

adv

In all sorts of ways or manners.

Example Sentences

"The kids got to the park and ran every which way."
"Indeed, a jolly little Clown now came walking toward them, and Dorothy could see that in spite of his pretty clothes of red and yellow and green he was completely covered with cracks, running every which way and showing plainly that he had been mended in many places."
"I looked at John crumpled and twisted in the corner, the roller skates pointing every which way."
"You can't keep doing it every which way if you want a consistent result."

Phrases

any which way every which where

Frequently Paired Words

any which way every which where

Synonyms

any old how randomly indiscriminately haphazardly willy-nilly arbitrarily at random helter-skelter

Questions

What does every which way mean?: All over; in every direction.

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