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whichsoever

American  
[hwich-soh-ev-er, wich-] / ˌʰwɪtʃ soʊˈɛv ər, ˌwɪtʃ- /

pronoun

  1. whichever.


whichsoever British  
/ ˌwɪtʃsəʊˈɛvə /

pronoun

  1. an archaic or formal word for whichever

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of whichsoever

1400–50; late Middle English; which, soever

Example Sentences

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The pronouns whichsoever, whatsoever, and the like, are sometimes elegantly divided by the interposition of the corresponding nouns; as, "On which side soever the king cast his eyes," &c.

From English Grammar in Familiar Lectures by Samuel Kirkham

From whichsoever of these motives it might be, true it is that many of them came over to our religion, and were initiated into it by baptism.

From Ideal Commonwealths by Sir Saint Thomas More

And whichsoever the reader please to follow, it shall be most easy to break all the strength of the argument which Paybody opposeth unto us.

From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by George Gillespie

New torments I behold, and new tormented Around me, whichsoever way I move, And whichsoever way I turn, and gaze.

From An English Grammar by James Witt Sewell

They are declined as follows: Singular and Plural Nom. who which whoever whosoever Poss.      whose      of which      whosever      whosesoever Obj. whom which whomever whomsoever That, what, whichever, whichsoever, whatever, and whatsoever are not declined.

From Business English A Practice Book by Rose Buhlig

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