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
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 Adams, Abigail
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 Gerard, John S.J.
Her sole thought was for the good of her people, and to see that neither this, nor the position of her Empire before the world, should be in anywise impaired.
From Queen Victoria As I Knew Her by Martin, Sir Theodore
It was not, we repeat, in anywise a question of Israel's state or Israel's deservings.
From The Assembly of God Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, volume III by Mackintosh, C. (Charles) H. (Henry)
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