Soever

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /səʊˈɛvÉ›/

Origin

From so + ever.

Full definition of soever

Adverb

1. (archaic) In any fashion, of any kind; used for emphasis after words such as how, what, which etc.
• “How long soever it hath continued, if it be against reason, it is of no force in law.” — Edward Coke
• 1922, w, “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days Chapter 1/5/1, And in the meanwhile, Society shivered a little feverishly, filled now with the scions of those who had come over with the Jewish and American Conquests. Escutcheons were becoming valueless, how sinister soever the blots and clots upon them.

Related terms

• howsoever
• whatsoever
• wheresoever
• whichsoever
• whithersoever
• whosoever
• whomsoever
• whysoever

Anagrams

• ever so, everso