soever

American  

[soh-ev-er] / soʊˈɛv ər /

adverb

1. 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.

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soever British  

/ səʊˈɛvə /

adverb

1. 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 words Compare whatsoever

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Etymology

Origin of soever

First recorded in 1510–20; so ¹ + ever

Example Sentences

“In the woods,” he writes, “a man casts off his years, as the snake his slough, and at what period soever of life, is always a child.”

From The Guardian • Jan. 24, 2020

This is the worst written article I've ever read and no research what soever!!!

From Seattle Times • Jan. 10, 2012

Any ordinary Greek scholar knows that in the Greek the word in no manner what- soever bears any hint even of reproach, rebuke or disrespect.

From Time Magazine Archive

Attending the funeral of a father, how little reason soever he had to love him, could not be pleasant.

From Time Magazine Archive

Offers of this sort he would have invariably declined, proceed from what quarter soever they might.

From Life of Beethoven by Schindler, Anton