# alway

CEFR C2 · Adverb

Source: https://englishreference.com/word/alway
Updated: 2026-10-19

## Definition

all the time, in every case and without change. An old form of 'always' that you now see only in very old books.

For teachers: at all times or on every occasion, without exception. Obsolete predecessor of 'always', preserved in early texts and traditional phrases.

## Examples

- She keeps alway busy with her garden work.
- In the old letter the farmer writes that he will love her alway, even through hard winters.
- The knight vows to serve his king alway, through war and peace, a promise that echoes the language of medieval oaths.

## Synonyms

always

## Antonyms

never

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