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Etymology

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all +‎ wise (way, manner, method)

Adverb

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alwise (comparative more alwise, superlative most alwise)

  1. (archaic) In every way; always.
    • 1735-1745, Minutes of the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania, volume 4, published 1851, page 704:
      “By these Treaties we became Brethren; we have alwise lived as such, and hope alwise to continue so.”
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