Ever
Ever adverb - In any way or respect.
Usage example: how can we ever repay what you've done for us?
Half
Half adverb - In any way or respect.
Usage example: this cut on your arm isn't half as bad as it looks
Nearby Word: halve
Both words in one sentence
- Has been the focus of a major PR campaign in weapons sales by Sarkozy after no foreign sales ten years after going into production to no result, and looks to see either no sales ever or half a squadron's worth of planes.
Source: Every Year They Fizzle Out -
Also, has anybody ever wondered about the similarities between dromaeosaurs and the feathery half chicken/half reptile cockatrice and/or basilisk?
Source: Dinosaurs Are Dragons -
There Are Two Kinds of People in the World: Parodied with William's ever-evolving take on the glass-half-full/half-empty metaphor.
Source: Discworld / The Truth
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