Meanings
- not comparableAll over; in every direction.
The kids got to the park and ran every which way.
2 more examples
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 232I 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 - not comparableIn all sorts of ways or manners.
You can't keep doing it every which way if you want a consistent result.
Synonyms: any old how
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbIn all sorts of ways or manners.
More synonyms by meaning
adverbin a random manner
adverbhaphazardly
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Finnish kaikkialle, kaikkialla
- kaikkiallein every direction
- kaikkiallain every direction
- miten sattuuin all sorts of ways or manners
German in jede beliebige Richtung, überall herum
- in jede beliebige Richtungin every direction
- überall herumin every direction
- jede beliebige Art und Weisein all sorts of ways or manners
- wie es einem beliebtin all sorts of ways or manners
Polish we wszystkie strony, w każdy sposób
- we wszystkie stronyin every direction
- w każdy sposóbin all sorts of ways or manners
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every which way. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/every%20which%20way
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