whatsoever
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ˌwɒtsəʊˈɛvə(ɹ)/
  • (America) IPA: /ˌ(h)wʌtsoʊˈɛvɚ/
Adjective

whatsoever (not comparable)

  1. Whatever.
  2. In any way; at all.
    He gave me no answer whatsoever.
    • 2019 — Dierdre Nicole Green, "'I'm the Bishop!' and other Reflections" A Place to Belong, Deseret Book (2019), ISBN 1629726257 page 141]:
      ...my father's role as the ecclesiastical leader of our ward gave me no license whatsoever to expect obedience from my agemates?
Translations
  • French: du tout, d'aucune sorte
  • German: überhaupt
  • Italian: comunque, qualsivoglia, ad ogni modo
  • Portuguese: de forma alguma, de forma nenhuma, de modo algum, de maneira nenhuma, de jeito algum
  • Russian: в любо́м слу́чае
  • Spanish: en absoluto
Pronoun
  1. (archaic) whatever
    • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, Genesis 31:16 ↗:
      Whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.
    • c. 1613-1621, Francis Bacon, The judicial charge upon the commission of Oyer and Terminer held for the verge of the Court
      […] I must require you to use diligence in presenting especially those purloinings and imbezlements, which are of plate, vessel, or whatsoever within the King's house.



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