whatsoever
[hwuht-soh-
ev
-er, hwot-, wuht-, wot-]
/ˌʰwʌt soʊˈɛv ər, ˌʰwɒt-, ˌwʌt-, ˌwɒt-/
pronoun, adjective
1.
(an intensive form of
whatever
):
whatsoever it be; in any place whatsoever.
Origin
1200-50;
Middle English,
equivalent to
what so
whatever (
Old English
swā hwæt swā
) +
ever
ever
Examples from the web for
whatsoever
Mine look a little better than yours but remain stunted with no vine vigor
whatsoever
.
My mom sprinkled salt on the fire, which had no effect
whatsoever
.
Plus, this one's made of vinyl urethane, requiring occasional dusting but no food
whatsoever
.
No evidence for this
whatsoever
, and every serious archaeologist knows it.
The doubts of the ignorant have no power
whatsoever
to contradict the direct experience of those who know.
The photo is straight out of the camera, didn't need any retouching
whatsoever
.
Effectively, any mating had no contribution
whatsoever
to modern humans, he added.
So it was astounding to find a place with huge cave entrances and no sign of human activity
whatsoever
.
The mountains were big and bright and unobscured by any cloud
whatsoever
.
First, her lack of any undergraduate degree
whatsoever
.
British Dictionary definitions for
whatsoever
whatsoever
/
ˌwɒtsəʊˈɛvə
/
adjective
1.
(
postpositive
) at all: used as an intensifier with indefinite pronouns and determiners such as
none, any, no one, anybody
, etc
pronoun
2.
an archaic word for
whatever
Word Origin and History for
whatsoever
pron.
mid-13c.,
quuat-so-euere
; see
what
+
soever
.