soever
UK/səʊˈɛvə//soʊˈɛvɚ/
soever adverb: in any fashion, of any kind; used for emphasis after words such as how, what, which etc.
Adverb
soever (not comparable)
- 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.1669, John Owen, A Practical Exposition on the 130th Psalm
- For, by the fundamental Laws of the Realm, it is Capital in any Perſon, of what Quality ſoever, to make water within the Precincts of the Palace.1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Author by an Extraordinary Stratagem Prevents an Invasion. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume I...
Examples of soever in a sentence
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:soever.
- There was no penance, how bittersweet soever, could make him a little worthy of her.1911 October 26, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson, or, An Oxford Love Story, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: John Lane Company, published...
- Escutcheons were becoming valueless, how sinister soever the blots and clots upon them.1922, Michael Arlen, “1/5/1”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days:
- [T]hen go in silence and, though anything soever of an awful sort or man meet thee, say not thou to him any word ere thou come to the wort which on the evening before thou markedst[.]1922, Eleanour Sinclair Rohde, The Old English Herbals, London: Longmans, Green and Co., page 16:
Forms of soever
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Origin of soever
From so + ever.
Questions about soever
- What does soever mean?
- Soever means in any fashion, of any kind; used for emphasis after words such as how, what, which etc.
- How do you use soever in a sentence?
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:soever.
- What part of speech is soever?
- Soever is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce soever?
- Soever is pronounced /səʊˈɛvə/ (UK).
Words near soever in the dictionary
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