whatsoever
pronunciation
How to pronounce whatsoever in British English:
UK [ˌwɒtsəʊ'evə(r)]
How to pronounce whatsoever in American English:
US [ˌhwɑtsoʊ'evər]
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- Adjective:
- one or some or every or all without specification
Word Origin
- whatsoever (pron.)
- "of whatever nature, kind, or sort," mid-13c., quuat-so-euere, from whatso "whatever" (c. 1200; see what), an emphatic referring to things, + ever. A double intensive of what. As an adjective from mid-15c.
Example
- 1. We have no resentment whatsoever about them using simplified characters .
- 2. There were no manifestations of it whatsoever .
- 3. No , because these events are caused by random physical laws that we have no way whatsoever of controlling .
- 4. They feel no obligation whatsoever to weigh the evidence .
- 5. Slackers are people who fare poorly at school or work and display no ambition whatsoever .