Whatsoever

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ËŒwÉ’tsəʊˈɛvÉ™(ɹ)/
• US IPA: /ËŒwÊŒtsoʊˈɛvÉš/
• Rhymes: -É›vÉ™(r)

Origin

From what + soever.

Full definition of whatsoever

Adjective

1. Whatever.
• John MiltonIn whatsoever shape he lurk.
• The Holy Bible, Genesis xxxi. 16Whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.
2. In any way; at all.
• 1898, Winston Churchill, The Celebrity Chapter 1, 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.
3. He gave me no answer whatsoever.

Pronoun

1. (obsolete) whatever
• Bible, Genesis xxxi. 16Whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.
• Francis Bacon... I must require you to use diligence in presenting especially those purloinings and imbezlements, which are of plate, vessel, or whatsoever within the King's house.

Usage notes

The word is sometimes divided by tmesis: “What things soever ye desire”. (Mark xi. 24)