anymore

American  

[en-ee-mawr, -mohr] / ˌɛn iˈmɔr, -ˈmoʊr /

adverb

1. any longer.

2. nowadays; presently.

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Spelling

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.

Etymology

Origin of anymore

1350–1400; Middle English ani more any longer

Example Sentences

But it isn’t the case anymore that Russia needs Iran for drone manufacturing.

From Barron's

"My family are not here anymore. They are kids and elderly so they are in Beirut, but I stayed here".

From BBC

“All you hear are these stories from all-star games that the players don’t care anymore because there’s too much easy money,” Colvin said.

From Los Angeles Times

What with the telephone and the Rural Free Delivery, there wasn’t much place to hide anymore.

From Literature

His father’s face was grim; he didn’t seem like Fa anymore, ‘Some -demon -from the Otherworld -has entered it and made it evil.’

From Literature