forevermore
See also: for ever more and for evermore
English
WOTD – 8 May 2008
Pronunciation
Adverb
forevermore (not comparable)
- At any or all times in the future; forever
- 1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, “ch. I, Phenomena”, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, book III (The Modern Worker):
- Poor Pope; and I am told he is fast growing bankrupt too; and will, in a measurable term of years (a great way within the ‘three hundred’), not have a penny to make his pot boil! His old rheumatic back will then get to rest; and himself and his stage-properties sleep well in Chaos forevermore.
- 1922, Clark Ashton Smith, Eidolon:
- A frozen sun forevermore the same.
Usage notes
- In the United Kingdom and most of the Commonwealth, the spelling for evermore is the usual form. In Canada and the United States, generally only forevermore is used.
Synonyms
Translations
at any or all times in the future; forever
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