Meaning

  1. (formal, literary) always; constantly; the whole time (very often)
  2. (formal, literary) every time (whenever some precondition is given)
  3. (formal, literary, uncommon) always (at all times without exception)

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʃteːts/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German stetes, from Proto-Germanic *stēdi-; cognate with Dutch steeds. Synchronically analyzed as an adverbial formation stet (“steady, constant”) + -s; see there for more.

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