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anywise

[en-ee-wahyz]
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adverb
  1. in any way or respect.
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Origin of anywise

before 1000; Middle English ani wise, Old English on ǣnige wīsan in any wise. See any, wise2
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Related Words for anywise

anyway, haphazard, headlong, jumbled, anyhow, anywise, about, around, disorderly, hastily, hit-or-miss, hotfoot, impetuously, irregular, muddled, pell-mell, random, rashly, recklessly, topsy-turvy

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Historical Examples of anywise

  • As for the Romans, neither the captains nor the soldiers were in anywise worthy of their name.

    Stories From Livy

    Alfred Church

  • This did not shew that he cared much for our presence, or was in anywise interested in it.

  • Hath Alice been strangled, or in anywise hurt, by this wicked spirit?

  • This "want" of it never, of course, in anywise depending on its qualities.

  • Woe, in fact, to all who are clumsy or cowardly, or in anywise not ‘masters of the situation.’

    Prose Idylls

    Charles Kingsley

British Dictionary definitions for anywise

anywise

adverb
  1. mainly US in any way or manner; at all
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Word Origin and History for anywise

adv.

Old English ænige wisan, from any + wise (n.). One-word form from c.1200.

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