whatsoever en · ADV
Pronunciation
- /ˌwɒtsəʊˈɛvə(ɹ)/ (UK)
- (US) audio
- /ˌ(h)wʌtsoʊˈɛvɚ/ (US)
Etymology
From Middle English whatsoever. By surface analysis, what + so + -ever.
Meanings
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(in the negative, not-comparable) In any way; at all; whatever.
...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: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.
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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| what-so-ever | alternative, rare | lexicographic | |
| whatsomever | alternative, archaic | lexicographic | |
| whatsoe're | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic |
Translations (32)
de überhaupt (in any way) · he כְּהוּא זֶה (in any way) · cmn 任何 (in any way) · it qualsivoglia (in any way) · sk žiaden (in any way) · mk било каков (in any way) · pt de maneira nenhuma (in any way) · pt de forma alguma (in any way) · cmn 什麼...都... /什么...都... (in any way) · it benché (in any way) · pt de modo algum (in any way) · eo kio ajn (in any way) · cmn 什麼...也... /什么...也... (in any way) · pl wcale (in any way) · fr d'aucune sorte (in any way) · sv som helst (in any way) · ru в любо́м слу́чае (in any way) · ro de nici-un fel (in any way) · pt de jeito algum (in any way) · fr quelconque (in any way) · it di sorta (in any way) · pt de forma nenhuma (in any way) · sv alls (in any way) · ru как бы то ни́ бы́ло (in any way) · fi minkäänlainen (in any way) · pl w ogóle (in any way) · la quidquid (in any way) · ro deloc (in any way) · sk žiadny (in any way) · fr du tout (in any way) · hu egyáltalán (in any way) · sk vôbec (in any way)