every which way


In all directions, as in Papers were blowing every which way. [Colloquial; mid-1800s]

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How to use every which way in a sentence

  • We just cant afford to have our goods floating around every-which-way right in the start.

  • Nobody knowed which war right, an' so they went every-which way, addin' mile to mile in thar wanderin'.

    Bring Me His Ears | Clarence E. Mulford
  • Gray cabins sat every-which-way in the clearing, heavy shutters swinging at their glassless windows.

    Across the Fruited Plain | Florence Crannell Means
  • When they transplant these little trees how do they plant them, haphazard, every-which-way?

    The Children's Six Minutes | Bruce S. Wright
  • He bounded into the middle of the flock and knocked them every-which-way with his great paws.