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whensoever

whensoever adverb: whenever; at any time at all.

Adverb

whensoever (not comparable)

  1. whenever; at any time at all
    • Now or whensoever, provided I be so able as now.1602, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, act V scene 2
    • Again, whereas men affirm they perceive an addition of ponderosity in dead bodies, comparing them usually unto blocks and stones, whensoever they lift or carry them; this accessional preponderancy is rather in appearance than reality.1672, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica

Forms of whensoever

alternative form (obsolete)whensoëver

Origin of whensoever

From Middle English quen-so-ever, wensoever, whanne so evere, whan-so-ever, whan-so-evere, whenne-soever, when so evyr. By surface analysis, when + so + ever.

Questions about whensoever

What does whensoever mean?
Whensoever means whenever; at any time at all.
What part of speech is whensoever?
Whensoever is an adverb.

Words near whensoever in the dictionary

  1. whenevs
  2. whenness
  3. whens
  4. whenso
  5. whensoe'er
  6. whensoever
  7. whensomever
  8. whensoëver
  9. Whenuapai
  10. whenwe
  11. whenwes

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