whatsoever
déterminantadverbepronomcourant dans les dialogues
- Royaume-Uni//ˌwɒtsəʊˈɛvə(ɹ)//
- États-Unis//ˌ(h)wʌtsoʊˈɛvɚ//
Whatever.
déterminant
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Whatever.
The building may be used for whatsoever purpose the tenant desires.
[…]In whatſoever ſhape he lurk,[…]
Étymologie
From Middle English whatsoever. By surface analysis, what + so + ever.
adverbe
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In any way; at all; whatever.
He gave me no answer whatsoever.
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.
...my father's role as the ecclesiastical leader of our ward gave me no license whatsoever to expect obedience from my agemates?
pronom
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archaïqueWhatever.
Whatsoever you seek, you will find.
Whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.
c. 1613–1621, Francis Bacon, The judicial charge upon the commission of Oyer and Terminer held for the verge of the Court […] 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.