ever after

idiom

old-fashioned

: from that time forward

She remembered him fondly ever after.

The fairy tale ended by saying that the characters in the story lived happily ever after.

—the phrase live happily ever after is also used to describe real people who are being compared in some way to characters in a fairy tale

His biography tells the story of a poor boy who grew up to be a millionaire and lived happily ever after.

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This week was full of stories of thriving divorced women moving on and moving up while keeping things cool with their exes, a modern happily ever after. —

Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 11 Oct. 2024 Commvault's goal is to enable enterprises to get back up and running faster than ever after an outage or cyberattack. —

Robert Kramer, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024 Wynonna Earp wasn’t going to enjoy her happily ever after for long. —

Samantha Highfill, EW.com, 5 Sep. 2024 One shopper said they were compelled to write their first product review ever after trying out this small-but-mighty cleaner. —

Brittany Leitner, StyleCaster, 7 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for ever after