whatsoever

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/ˌwɒtsəʊˈɛvə(ɹ)/UK/ˌ(h)wʌtsoʊˈɛvɚ/US

Etymology

From Middle English whatsoever. By surface analysis, what + so + ever.

  1. inherited from whatsoever

Definitions

  1. Whatever.

    • The building may be used for whatsoever purpose the tenant desires.
    • […]In whatſoever ſhape he lurk,[…]
  2. 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