whatsoever
det/ˌwɒtsəʊˈɛvə(ɹ)/UK/ˌ(h)wʌtsoʊˈɛvɚ/US
Etymology
From Middle English whatsoever. By surface analysis, what + so + ever.
- inherited from whatsoever
Definitions
Whatever.
- The building may be used for whatsoever purpose the tenant desires.
- […]In whatſoever ſhape he lurk,[…]
In any way
In any way; at all; whatever.
- He gave me no answer whatsoever.
- In the old days, to my commonplace and unobserving mind, he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts, […], and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned.
- ...my father's role as the ecclesiastical leader of our ward gave me no license whatsoever to expect obedience from my agemates?
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for whatsoever. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA