ever

mastery
UK /ˈɛvə/ US /ˈɛvɚ/advadjdet

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Which meaning of 'ever' best matches its use in the sentence?

For what seemed ages piled on ages, I lay there, frozen with the most awful fears, not daring to drag away my hand; yet ever thinking that if I could but stir it one single inch, the horrid spell would be broken.