soever

[soh-ev-er]

adverb

at all; in any case; of any kind; in any way (used with generalizing force after who, what, when, where, how, any, all, etc., sometimes separated by intervening words): Choose what thing soever you please.

Origin of soever

First recorded in 1510–20; so¹ + ever

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Examples from the Web for soever

Historical Examples of soever

Banish these civil discords, or the men—how proud, how great, soever—who maintain them!
Rienzi
Edward Bulwer Lytton
Than he said he would doe what soever she would have him doe, and would love all that she loved.
The Mystery of Mary Stuart
Andrew Lang
It still remains that who else soever can do without their Sunday, it is not I—Fanny.
Ginger-Snaps
Fanny Fern
No manly word or brave counsel was heard from any one soever.
The Bbur-nma in English
Babur, Emperor of Hindustan
Thus all Heresies, how gross soever, have found a welcome with the people.
The Works of Sir Thomas Browne (Volume 1 of 3)
Thomas Browne

British Dictionary definitions for soever

soever

adverb

in any way at all: used to emphasize or make less precise a word or phrase, usually in combination with what, where, when, how, etc, or else separated by intervening wordsCompare whatsoever

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Word Origin and History for soever

adv.

1550s, from so + ever. "A word generally used in composition to extend or render indefinite the sense of such words as who, what, where, when, how, etc. ...." [Century Dictionary].