"as ever" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "From as and ever.",
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        "2": "phrase"
      },
      "expansion": "as ever",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
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          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1925-29, Mahadev Desai (translator), M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, Part I, chapter xiv",
          "text": "Everything was insipid. Every day the old lady asked me whether I liked the food, but what could she do? I was still as shy as ever and dared not ask for more than what was put before me."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Consistent with past behaviour, as expected; as usual; as always."
      ],
      "id": "en-as_ever-en-phrase-u6B6Baii",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) Consistent with past behaviour, as expected; as usual; as always."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/æz ˈɛvə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/əz ˈɛvɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-au-as ever.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/46/En-au-as_ever.ogg/En-au-as_ever.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/En-au-as_ever.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "as ever"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "From as and ever.",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "phrase"
      },
      "expansion": "as ever",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrases",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with audio links"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1925-29, Mahadev Desai (translator), M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, Part I, chapter xiv",
          "text": "Everything was insipid. Every day the old lady asked me whether I liked the food, but what could she do? I was still as shy as ever and dared not ask for more than what was put before me."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Consistent with past behaviour, as expected; as usual; as always."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) Consistent with past behaviour, as expected; as usual; as always."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/æz ˈɛvə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/əz ˈɛvɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-au-as ever.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/46/En-au-as_ever.ogg/En-au-as_ever.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/En-au-as_ever.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "as ever"
}