wheresoever

[ hwair-soh-ev-er, wair- ]

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conjunction

in or to whatsoever place; wherever.

Origin of wheresoever

1275–1325; Middle English, equivalent to whereso wherever (Old English (swā) hwǣr swā) + everever

Words Nearby wheresoever

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How to use wheresoever in a sentence

So the Queen bade him farewell, saying that wheresoever he might chance to tarry there would all deem him a man of prowess.
The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald The Tyrant (Harald Haardraade) | Snorri Sturluson
They sailed off the coast, plundering & burning wheresoever they went.
The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald The Tyrant (Harald Haardraade) | Snorri Sturluson
wheresoever he landed, summoned he a Thing, & at it offered the people baptism in the true Faith.
The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald The Tyrant (Harald Haardraade) | Snorri Sturluson
When the Earl came to England plundered he there, & brought the land into subjection under him wheresoever he went.
The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald The Tyrant (Harald Haardraade) | Snorri Sturluson
But turn his keen eyes wheresoever he chose, he could detect not the slightest sign of the mutineers.
Adrift on the Pacific | Edward S. Ellis

British Dictionary definitions for wheresoever

wheresoever

/ (ˌwɛəsəʊˈɛvə) /

conjunction, pronoun, adverb(subordinating)

rare an intensive form of wherever

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