anymore

[ en-ee-mawr, -mohr ]

/ ˌɛn iˈmɔr, -ˈmoʊr /

adverb

any longer.

nowadays; presently.

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to call out to in order to stop, attract attention, ask aid, etc.

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Origin of anymore

1350–1400; Middle English ani more any longer

usage note for anymore

The adverb anymore meaning “any longer” or “nowadays” is most commonly spelled as one word. It is used in negative constructions and in some types of questions: Sally doesn't work here anymore. Do you play tennis anymore? In some dialects, chiefly South Midland in origin, it is found in positive statements meaning “nowadays”: Baker's bread is all we eat anymore. Anymore we always take the bus. Its use at the beginning of a sentence is almost exclusive to speech or to representations of speech.

Words nearby anymore

any port in a storm, anyang, anybody, anyhoo, anyhow, anymore, anyon, anyone, anyone's guess, anyplace, anyroad

Example sentences from the Web for anymore

“I don't read it anymore … not at all …,” he said, speaking as much to himself and his private ghosts as to me.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Then they had a meeting where they said, ‘Guys, we can’t say “raping and pillaging” anymore.
Bill Cosby Foe Hannibal Buress Joked About Date Rape|Rich Goldstein|November 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They almost never cross into West Jerusalem anymore, we were told.
Mass Murder in the Holy City|Michael Tomasky|November 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Daniel Radcliffe may not be Harry Potter anymore but he continues to amaze us with magic.
Harry Potter Raps, The Catcalls Heard ‘Round the World and More Viral Videos|Alex Chancey|November 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Not Texas anymore, maybe a little faster, a little more metropolitan.
Alright ‘True Detective,’ You Got Me: Taylor Kitsch Is a Woman’s Man|Teo Bugbee|November 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Vanessa was a good friend and we're not anymore, and that upsets me, but I was never into her that way, all right?
Little Brother|Cory Doctorow
Doreen looked at him keenly, but did not wait for anymore explanations.
The Wharf by the Docks|Florence Warden
So strangely, indeed, that one might almost fancy the colonists did not recognize them anymore, and hence failed to respond.
True and Other Stories|George Parsons Lathrop
Now you can't run your neighbours' quarrels with a gun, not anymore.
The Killer|Stewart Edward White
Thedora has told you that it is out of my power to render you anymore help.
Poor Folk|Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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