always Copy link Outline I. PerpetuallyII. Without exception • always: I. Perpetually: whether in strictly philosophic sense, or colloquially: sempĕr: what a. moves is eternal, quod s. movetur aeternum est, Cic.: nor does Apollo a. bend the bow, neque s. arcum tendit Apollo, Hor.: of that which is regularly done at stated times: country-folks always harrow before they hoe, s. occant priusquam sarriunt rustici, Plin.: I a. shudder when I begin to knock at this door, horresco s. ubi pultare hasce occipio fores, Ter. Phr.: he was almost a. in the country, ruri fere se continebat, Ter.: when the sky was stormy, he a. wore a laurel wreath on his head, turbatiore coelo nunquam non coronam lauream capite gestavit, Suet. Tib. 69: v. constantly, perpetually. II. Without exception: this sense occurs chiefly with superlatives; when it may be expr. by quisque: the best speakers are a. the most alive to the difficulty of speaking, ut quisque optime dicit, ita maxime dicendi difficultatem timet, Cic.: the newest things are a. the most correct and free from faults, recentissima quaeque sunt correcta et emendata maxime, Cic.