anywise
Americanadverb
adverb
Etymology
Origin of anywise
before 1000; Middle English ani wise, Old English on ǣnige wīsan in any wise. See any, wise 2
Example Sentences
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Nor, did Miss Havisham’s manner towards Estella in anywise change, except that I believed it to have something like fear infused among its former characteristics.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
And if he did in this much obey his mother, could the match with his cousin be in anywise promoted?
From My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Lewis Wingfield
If I forbear to mention others who have kindly supplied me with information, it is only lest it might be supposed that they are anywise responsible for the use I have made of it.
From The Old Riddle and the Newest Answer by John S.J. Gerard
He promises, if he receives encouragement, to make these moral deficiencies the subject of a future letter, "without entering into anything in anywise libellous."
From The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition by Alexander Pope
Lady," quoth Sir Gareth very calmly, "that which thou sayest doth not in anywise change the circumstances of what I did.
From The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions by Howard Pyle
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