Whatsoever Meaning
/ˌwɒtsəʊˈɛvə(ɹ)/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
detWhatever.
advIn any way; at all; whatever.
Sentence Examples
And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men.
There was no warning whatsoever.
I have no interest whatsoever in eating English food.
CEFR Practice Quiz
She had absolutely no doubt ____ about his complete honesty in the matter.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The manager stated that there was no several evidence ____ to support the claims that were made by the client today.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English whatsoever. By surface analysis, what + so + ever.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"[…]In whatſoever ſhape he lurk,[…]"
— 1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, line 587:
"In the old days, to my commonplace and unobserving mind, he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts, […], and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned."
— 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, page 1:
"...my father's role as the ecclesiastical leader of our ward gave me no license whatsoever to expect obedience from my agemates?"
— 2019, Dierdre Nicole Green, “'I'm the Bishop!' and other Reflections”, in A Place to Belong, Deseret Book, →ISBN, page 141:
"Whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do."
— 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 31:16:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
She had absolutely no doubt ____ about his complete honesty in the matter.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The manager stated that there was no several evidence ____ to support the claims that were made by the client today.