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ony

ony is the alternative form of any.

Meaning of any

Determiner

any

  1. One at all; at least one; at least one kind of; some; a positive quantity of.
    • Near-synonyms: some, all
    Synonyms:
    some, all
    Antonyms:
    zero, no
  2. A/an, each or some, no matter its/their identity or nature.
    • Choose any item you want.
  3. An unspecified but imminent (second, minute, day etc.).
    • They'll be arriving any day.

See all 7 meanings of any

Origin of ony

Inherited from Middle English ony,oony.

Questions about ony

What is ony the alternative form of?
Ony is the alternative form of any.

Words near ony in the dictionary

  1. onwards
  2. onwards and upwards
  3. onwent
  4. onwiki
  5. onwing
  6. ony
  7. onya
  8. onyalai
  9. onych-
  10. onycha
  11. onychalgia

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: ony (page history and authors); any (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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