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every which way en · ADV

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) All over; in every direction.
    • The kids got to the park and ran every which way.
    • Indeed, a jolly little Clown now came walking toward them, and Dorothy could see that in spite of his pretty clothes of red and yellow and green he was completely covered with cracks, running every which way and showing plainly that he had been mended in many places. 1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, “The Dainty China Country”, in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M[elvin] Hill Co., →OCLC, page 232:
    • I looked at John crumpled and twisted in the corner, the roller skates pointing every which way. 1968 October 12, Paul Zindel, chapter 14, in The Pigman:
  2. (not-comparable) In all sorts of ways or manners.
    • You can't keep doing it every which way if you want a consistent result.

Relateds

every which where · any which way

Synonyms

any old how

Translations (9)

de in jede beliebige Richtung (in every direction) · pl we wszystkie strony (in every direction) · de wie es einem beliebt (in all sorts of ways or manners) · pl w każdy sposób (in all sorts of ways or manners) · fi kaikkialla (in every direction) · de jede beliebige Art und Weise (in all sorts of ways or manners) · de überall herum (in every direction) · fi miten sattuu (in all sorts of ways or manners) · fi kaikkialle (in every direction)