whatsoever

alternative rare what-so-ever · alternative archaic whatsomever · alternative obsolete whatsoe're

1. formalliteraryWhatever.

   The building may be used for whatsoever purpose the tenant desires.

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   […]In whatſoever ſhape he lurk,[…]

   1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, line 587

alternative rare what-so-ever · alternative archaic whatsomever · alternative obsolete whatsoe're

1. not comparableIn any way; at all; whatever.

   He gave me no answer whatsoever.

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   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.

   1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, page 1

   ...my father's role as the ecclesiastical leader of our ward gave me no license whatsoever to expect obedience from my agemates?

   2019, Dierdre Nicole Green, “'I'm the Bishop!' and other Reflections”, in A Place to Belong, Deseret Book, →ISBN, page 141

alternative rare what-so-ever · alternative archaic whatsomever · alternative obsolete whatsoe're

1. archaicliteraryWhatever.

   Whatsoever you seek, you will find.

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   Whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.

   1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 31:16

   c. 1613–1621, Francis Bacon, The judicial charge upon the commission of Oyer and Terminer held for the verge of the Court […] I must require you to use diligence in presenting especially those purloinings and imbezlements, which are of plate, vessel, or whatsoever within the King's house.