Whatsoever

Definition: Whatsoever

Whatsoever

Adjective

1. One or some or every or all without specification; "give me any peaches you don't want"; "not any milk is left"; "any child would know that"; "pick any card"; "any day now"; "cars can be rented at almost any airport"; "at twilight or any other time"; "beyond any doubt"; "need any help we can get"; "give me whatever peaches you don't want"; "no milk whatsoever is left".

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Date "whatsoever" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Synonyms: Whatsoever

Generality

Adverb: whatever, whatsoever; to a man, one and all.

Crosswords: Whatsoever

If you wish me to eat them instead, please give me no sign whatsoever. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

I'm a civilian, not a trout -- you have no authority over me whatsoever. (Lake Placid; writing credit: David E. Kelley)

No compassion for nothing, whatsoever. (Andy Richter Controls the Universe; writing credit: John Banas)

No problem whatsoever. (Ferris Bueller's Day Off; writing credit: John Hughes)

Don't think for one minute that you had any effect whatsoever on my panties. (10 Things I Hate About You; writing credit: Karen McCullah Lutz; Kirsten Smith)

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Books

• A Gazetteer of the State of Georgia: Embracing a Particular Description of the Counties, Towns, Villages, Rivers, $C. and Whatsoever Is Usual in geog (reference)

• The History of Dr. John Faustus: Showing How He Sold Himself to the Devil, to Have Twenty Four Years to Do Whatsoever He Pleased (reference)

• Whatsoever Means Anything (reference)

• Whatsoever things are true (reference)

• Whatsoever you doeth shall prosper! (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• No Resemblance Whatsoever (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Whatsoever wouldst thou ask, Salome?.Credit: Library of Congress.

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To which I shall say, they bind not at all; because whatsoever another gets from me by force, I still retain the right of, and he is obliged presently to restore. (Second Treatise of Government)

Clause 1: The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States; Clause 2: To borrow Money on the credit of the United States; Clause 3: To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes; Clause 4: To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States; Clause 5: To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures; Clause 6: To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the United States; Clause 7: To establish Post Offices and post Roads; Clause 8: To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries; Clause 9: To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court; Clause 10: To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offences against the Law of Nations; Clause 11: To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water; Clause 12: To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years; Clause 13: To provide and maintain a Navy; Clause 14: To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces; Clause 15: To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions; Clause 16: To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress; Clause 17: To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, byCession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings;--And Clause 18: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof. (reference)

She further renounces all claim to participate in any measures whatsoever which may be adopted for the rehabilitation of Liberia. (reference)

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Evil company on earth is so noxious that even the plants, as if by instinct, withdraw from the company of whatsoever is deadly or hurtful to them.

Besides, I meddle not the least with any party, but write without passion, prejudice, or illwill against any man or number of men whatsoever.

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Health

Many arrhythmias require no treatment whatsoever. (references)

Patients can have symptoms related to the specific organ affected, they can have only general symptoms, or they can be without any symptoms whatsoever. (references)

Business

The law does not allow any discrimination whatsoever from the regulator. (references)

Industry experts indicate that Certification Authorities should be established at both national and international levels though currently there are no initiatives whatsoever in this regard. (references)

Discrimination

Poland

The Constitution states that "no one shall be discriminated against in political, social, or economic life for any reason whatsoever," and the Government attempts to ensure that these provisions are observed; however, violence and societal discrimination against women and ethnic minorities persisted. (references)

Economic History

Russia

In rural areas there are 54,000 villages with no telephone access whatsoever. (references)

Cyprus

Non-residents are allowed to sell their property and transfer abroad the amount originally paid, plus interest or profits without any restrictions whatsoever. (references)

Human Rights

Belarus

The Administrative Code permits the detention of any citizen for up to 3 hours with no prosecutorial action whatsoever and the authorities frequently used this provision. (references)

Minorities

Bhutan

The 1985 Citizenship Act also provides for the revocation of the citizenship of any naturalized citizen who "has shown by act or speech to be disloyal in any manner whatsoever to the King, country, and people of Bhutan." The Home Ministry later declared in a circular that any nationals leaving the country to assist "antinationals," and the families of such persons, would forfeit their citizenship. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "whatsoever": no ... whatsoever ♦ nothing whatsoever. Additional references.

Albanian

sidoqoftë (at all events, at any rate, in any case, leastways, leastwise, nevertheless, soever, whatever, yet), çfarëdo qoftë. (various references)

Arabic 

‏مهما (whatever), ‏أيما (any, whatever, whichever), ‏أيا كان (ordinary, whatever, whoever). (various references)

Bulgarian 

какъвто и (whatever), какъвто (what, whatever), каквото и (whatever). (various references)

Chinese 

任何 (any, whatever, whichever). (various references)

Czech

vùbec (at all, besides, ever), jakýkoliv (whatever, whichever), cokoliv (anything, aught, whatever, whichever). (various references)

Danish

staatsstoette eller stoette,som ydes ved hjaelp af statsmidler under enhver taenkelig form (any aid granted by a Member State or through State resources in any form whatsoever). (various references)

Dutch

uit welken hoofde ook (on any ground whatever, on any ground whatsoever), steunmaatregelen in welke vorm ook van de Staten of in welke vorm ook met staatsmiddelen bekostigd (any aid granted by a Member State or through State resources in any form whatsoever). (various references)

Farsi 

هیچگونه (Any), هرچه (What, Whatever), هرقدر (Whatever), ابدا (Never, No, None, Nothing, Nowise, Whit), بهیچوجه (None, Nowise). (various references)

Finnish

millä tahansa perusteella (on any ground whatever, on any ground whatsoever). (various references)

French

quoi que (whatever), n'importe quoi, n'importe quel (whatever). (various references)

German

was auch immer (whatever). (various references)

Greek 

καθόλου (any, at all, by no means, nohow, none, not a bit, not at all, not in the slightest, not nearly). (various references)

Hebrew 

כלשהו (any, soever, whatever). (various references)

Hungarian

bármi (any, anything, aught, whatever), akármi (any, anything, whatever). (various references)

Italian

qualsiasi cosa (anything, whatever), qualsiasi (all, any, whatever, whichever). (various references)

Manx

red erbee (anything). (various references)

Pig Latin

atsoeverwhay

Portuguese

tudo que (whatever), tudo quanto (all, whatever), tudo aquilo que (whatever), seia o que for (whatever), qualquer que (whatever), por mais que (however, howsoever, soever, whatever). (various references)

Romanian

oricare (all, any, anybody, anyone, either, whatever, whichever, whoever). (various references)

Russian 

какой бы ни (however, whatever, whichever), никакой (neither, none, whatever), любой (any, either, whatever). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

ma koji (however, whatever, whichever), ma šta (whatever), bilo koji (any, whatever, whichever). (various references)

Spanish

todo lo que (all that, whatever), lo que (as, what, whatever, who), cualquier cosa (any old thing, anything, whatever, whatnot). (various references)

Swedish

över huvudtaget. (various references)

Turkish

ne (how, nor, what, whatever), hiç (any, at all, aught, by any means, ever, far from, least of all, nary, naught, ne'er, never, nil, Nix, no, no whit, none, not a dreg, not a whit, not an iota, not at all, not exactly, not in the least, nothing, nought, null, nullity, ought, whatever, zero, zilch), herhangi (any, soever, whatever, whichever), her ne (any, whatever), hangi (what, whatever, which, whichever). (various references)

Ukranian 

усе, що (whatever), який-небудь (all, any, whatever), ніякий (any, neither, no, none, whatever). (various references)

quaecumque, quicquid, quicumque, quicumque, quaecumque, quodcumque, quisquis. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Misspellings

"Whatsoever" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: whatsever, whatsover. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: overhates, overheats, shortwave.

-2 letters: overawes, overeats, overhate, overheat, overwets, weathers, whatever, whosever, wreathes.

-3 letters: aethers, avowers, earshot, harvest, heaters, heavers, heteros, however, overate, overawe, overeat, oversaw, oversea, overset, oversew, overwet, reavows, reheats, reshave, revotes, roseate, swather, sweater, thawers, thraves, towhees, vetoers, weather, weavers, wethers, wharves, whereas, whereat, whereto, wherves, whoever, wreathe, wreaths.

-4 letters: aether.

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