wheresoever
Americanconjunction
conjunction
Etymology
Origin of wheresoever
1275–1325; Middle English, equivalent to whereso wherever ( Old English ( swā ) hwǣr swā ) + ever ever
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Rain turning eye-salt to rivulets, rivulets to rivers wheresoever many weep as one.
From New York Times
Mondrian’s will stipulated that he was bequeathing all of his works to Mr. Holtzman, “wheresoever situated.”
From New York Times
And let our hearts be stout, to wait out the long travail, to bear sorrows that may come, to impart our courage unto our sons wheresoever they may be.
From Time
Also in expenses of collecting rents wheresoever to be collected ... xixs.
From Project Gutenberg
But when the sun's bright orb had now declined, Each to his mansion, wheresoever built By the same matchless architect, withdrew.
From Project Gutenberg
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
