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amain

adverb
\ ə-ˈmān How to pronounce amain (audio) \

Definition of amain

1 : with all one's might the soul strives amain to live and work— R. W. Emerson

2 archaic

a : at full speed
b : in great haste
3 archaic : to a high degree : exceedingly they whom I favour thrive in wealth amain— John Milton
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conflicting ideals that social philosophers have struggled amain to reconcile

First Known Use of amain

1540, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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