whatsoever
[hwuht-soh-ev-er, hwot-, wuht-, wot-]
- (an intensive form of whatever): whatsoever it be; in any place whatsoever.
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Origin of whatsoever
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Contemporary Examples
MTV, CBS, and the NFL had no knowledge of this whatsoever and unfortunately, the whole thing went wrong in the end.
Super Bowl’s ‘Nipplegate’ Fiasco 10 Years Later: The Pop Diva, the Boob, and the OutrageMarlow Stern
February 1, 2014
Who I am, my body, I was not created from surgery, at all, whatsoever.
Transgender Model Carmen Carrera Says She Wants to Walk the Victoria’s Secret ShowTricia Romano
November 12, 2013
All of our hard work began to disintegrate in an instant, based on a decision the Marines and I had no input on whatsoever.
Eisenhower: Of course, but Mr. President, did he put any conditions in whatsoever, in there?
“There is no arrogance about Mr. Issa whatsoever, which I have found to be unusual,” she says.
How Darrell Issa’s Pursuit of Attorney General Eric Holder Is Playing Back HomeJamie Reno
June 28, 2012
Historical Examples
I was near Daisy, and that was enough; let there be no thoughts of him whatsoever.
In the ValleyHarold Frederic
Whatsoever fashion is set in England, is certain to descend.
The Uncommercial TravellerCharles Dickens
She was a unit and whole, so that whatsoever she did, became her.
Essays, Second SeriesRalph Waldo Emerson
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with all thy might.
War Letters of a Public-School BoyPaul Jones.
I instructed him that I did not know any midwife in Paris whatsoever.
The Memoires of Casanova, CompleteJacques Casanova de Seingalt
whatsoever
- (postpositive) at all: used as an intensifier with indefinite pronouns and determiners such as none, any, no one, anybody, etc
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- an archaic word for whatever
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Word Origin and History for whatsoever
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