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whatsoever

whatsoever

1 3.1
Comes after a noun to show there is not even the smallest amount
  • determiner
  • /ˌwʌtˈsoʊˌɛvər/
translation icon : ningún
  • "Whatsoever God doeth, it shall be forever," Lyman Mays told his assistant sales manager and first-base coach, "nothing can be put to it, nothing taken away."
  • whatsoever thing
  • whatsoever things are lovely
  • whatsoever things are true

But I would oppose any effort whatsoever by government to control it.

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Examples

  • "Whatsoever befalls, they will treat you well."

    Fiction book (1993)

  • But I would oppose any effort whatsoever by government to control it.

    Triggernometry

  • No concrete whatsoever in this particular part of France, no concrete stone construction.

  • However, I could just mention God's word and do the "whatsoever things are good, etc." approach.

    Blog text (19)

  • Now, today's guest needs no introduction whatsoever, but I am so grateful that I get to interview them and spend time with them today.

    Jay Shetty Podcast

  • Also, by the way, people whose language do not have any number words whatsoever can do approximate numerosity.

  • In biblical terms, it is expressed as, "Whatsoever a man sows, so shall he reap."

    Blog text (14)

  • Whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • 6 And whatsoever thing is good is just and true; wherefore, nothing that is good denieth the Christ, but acknowledgeth that he is.

    Blog text (34)

  • I have no interest whatsoever in attending that meeting.

Synonyms

in the slightest
vswhatsoever
19 3.8

Shows no effect or feeling, not even a little

stresses absence down to the smallest amount or type

Surface Forms

whatsoever singular

Morphology

whatsoever = what (semi-transparent) = what + soever

The form is historically built on 'what' plus a fossilized emphatic element, but the modern meaning 'at all' is conventionalized and not fully predictable.

Etymology

Whatsoever is built from what + soever, with soever (from so + ever) meaning 'in any way'. So, whatsoever is used after a noun to stress that there is not even the smallest amount or kind of something.