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
Understand, then, once for all, that no form of government, provided it be a government at all, is, as such, either to be condemned or praised, or contested for in anywise but by fools.
From Unto This Last and Other Essays on Political Economy by John Ruskin
The craft of Hamlet is, in the main, completely Danish, though I cannot prize it as in anywise great and noble.
From The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance by Bernhard Severin Ingemann
I wish our gratitude may be anywise proportionate to our benefits.
From Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams by Abigail Adams
For if she were in any trouble, he would not dare concern himself in anywise on her behalf, for fear of her dishonour.
From The Book of the Duke of True Lovers by Christin? de Pisan
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