Meaning of ever and anon | Babel Free

Definitions

Synonym of occasionally, now and then.

literary, not-comparable

Examples

“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”

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