whensoever

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adverb

whenever; at any time at all

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Meanings

adverbwhensoever (not comparable)

alternative obsolete whensoëver

  1. not comparablewhenever; at any time at all

    Now or whensoever, provided I be so able as now.

    1602, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, act V scene 2
    2 more examples

    Again, whereas men affirm they perceive an addition of ponderosity in dead bodies, comparing them usually unto blocks and stones, whensoever they lift or carry them; this accessional preponderancy is rather in appearance than reality.

    1672, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica

    But we mean whensoever her majesty or any other patron do present any person unto a benefice, that the person presented shall be tried and examined by the judgment of learned men of the church; […]

    1840, Lewis Rose, chapter I, in An Humble Attempt to Put an End to the Present Divisions in the Church of Scotland, and to Promote Her Usefulness. […] , Glasgow: George Gallie, →OCLC, page 8

Origin

  1. Middle Englishquen-so-ever
  2. Englishwhensoever

From Middle English quen-so-ever, wensoever, whanne so evere, whan-so-ever, whan-so-evere, whenne-soever, when so evyr. By surface analysis, when + so + ever.

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APA

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“whensoever.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whensoever. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

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