Al'wāy, or Al'wāys,, adv.

adverb

[From all and way, pl. ways; A-S. ealle wega, prop. all ways; hence at all times. Cf. ALGATES.]

Sense 1. Perpetually; throughout all time; continually; as, God is always the same.

Even in heaven his [Mammon's] looks and thoughts Were always downward bent. Milton.

Sense 2. Constantly during a certain period, or regularly at stated intervals; invariably. “Mephibosheth shall eat bread alway at my table.”

2 Sam. ix. 10.

Rejoice in the Lord alway. Phil. iv. 4.

☞ Alway is seldom used, except in poetry.