What is another word for amain?

Pronunciation: [ˈame͡ɪn] (IPA)

Amain is an adverb that means with all your energy or might. Synonyms for this word include fervently, vigorously, forcefully, energetically, and hastily. Other possible synonyms are swiftly, speedily, rapidly, decisively, strenuously, and powerfully. The word amain is often used in poetic or literary contexts, and modern speakers may prefer more common phrases like "with all your might," "intensely," "quickly," or "strongly." The appropriate synonym depends on the context and the tone of the writing. Whatever the case, choosing the right word can help communicate meaning and create a powerful impact on the reader.

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Usage examples for Amain

While the early population of the Siouan stock, when first the huntsmen crossed the Appalachians, may not be known, the lines of migration indicate that the people increased and multiplied amain during their long journey, and that their numbers culminated, despite external conflict and internal strife, about the beginning of written history, when the Siouan population may have been 100,000 or more.
"The Siouan Indians"
W. J. McGee
"Why, the News is, that the Plague's coming on amain," says my Uncle; "they say it's been smouldering among us all the Winter, and now it's bursting out."
"Mary Powell & Deborah's Diary"
Anne Manning
He serveth the servant, The brave he loves amain, He kills the cripple and the sick, And straight begins again; For gods delight in gods, And thrust the weak aside,- To him who scorns their charities Their arms fly open wide.
"Prophets of Dissent Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy"
Otto Heller

Famous quotes with Amain

  • Mindless we lived and mindless we loved And mindless at last we diedThe world turned on in the lathe of time, The hot lands heaved amain, Till we caught our breath from the womb of death And crept into light again.
    Langdon Smith
  • Our love is old, our lives are old, And death shall come amain; Should it come today, what man may say We shall not live again?
    Langdon Smith
  • Last came, and last did go, The Pilot of the Galilean lake; Two massy keys he bore of metals twain, (The golden opes, the iron shuts amain).
    John Milton
  • For the next inn he spurs amain, In haste alights, and skuds away, But time and tide for no man stay.
    William Somervile

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