[ˈɔːlweɪz], (Adverb)

Definitions:
- at all times; on all occasions
(e.g: the sun always rises in the east)

- as a last resort; failing all else
(e.g: if the marriage doesn't work out, we can always get divorced)


Phrases:
- as always

Origin:
Middle English: genitive case of all way, the inflection probably giving the sense ‘at every time’ as opposed to ‘at one uninterrupted time’: the difference between the two is no longer distinct