ava

adverb

variants or ava'

əˈvȧ,

-vȯ

1

Scottish : of all

this pleased them warst ava

—Robert Burns

2

Scottish : at all

not like a gentleman ava

Word History

Etymology

Scots av (alteration of English of) + a entry 7

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