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As an adverb any

is to even the slightest extent, at all.

As a determiner any

is at least one; of at least one kind. One at all.

As a pronoun any

is any thing(s) or person(s).

As a verb sny is

move, proceed.

As a noun sny is

upward curving observed in the planks of a wooden ship or boat.

any

English

(wikipedia any)

Alternative forms

* anie (obsolete)

Adverb

(-)
  • To even the slightest extent, at all.
    • I will not remain here any longer.
    If you get any taller, you'll start having to duck through doorways!
  • * 1934 , edition, ISBN 0553278193, page 58:
    • I wasn't any too easy in my mind.

    Determiner

    (en determiner)
  • At least one; of at least one kind. One at all.
  • :
  • *Bible, (w) xi. 27
  • *:No man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=1 , passage=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,
  • *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=19 citation , passage=Meanwhile Nanny Broome was recovering from her initial panic and seemed anxious to make up for any kudos she might have lost, by exerting her personality to the utmost. She took the policeman's helmet and placed it on a chair, and unfolded his tunic to shake it and fold it up again for him.}}
  • No matter what kind.
  • :
  • *
  • *:This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking. In complexion fair, and with blue or gray eyes, he was tall as any Viking, as broad in the shoulder.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Welcome to the plastisphere , passage=Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field.}}

    Derived terms

    * any and all * any old * any press is good press * any time * anybody * anyhow * anymore * anyone * anyplace * anyroad * anything * anytime * anyway * anywhen * anywhence * anywhere * anywhither * anywho * anywhom * in any case * just any

    See also

    * some

    Pronoun

    (head)
  • Any thing(s) or person(s).
    • Any may apply.

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    Anagrams

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    sny

    English

    Etymology 1

    First attested in late Middle English; from the (etyl)

    Verb

  • (obsolete, rare, intransitive) (l), (l)

    • References

    * “ †?Sny, v.'']” listed on page 343 of volume IX, part I (Si–St) of '''' [1st ed., 1919]
    ??†?Sny,''' ''v.''?''Obs.''?—?1?In 5 '''sny?e.'''?[Of obscure origin.]?''intr.''?To move, proceed.?[¶?''a''?'''1400–50 ''Alexander     4095 Þan sny?es þar, out of þat snyth hill.., A burly best. * “ †sny, v.'']” listed in the ''Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989

    Etymology 2

    First attested in 1674; its etymology is unknown.

    Alternative forms

    * ) * (l), sny, (l) * (l)

    Verb

  • , (l), (l), be (l), with (l).
  • * 1913 ,
    • “And did you kill it?”
    “I did, for they’re a nuisance. The place is fair snied wi’ ?em.”

    References

    * “ Sny, v.'']” listed on page 343 of volume IX, part I (Si–St) of ''A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles'' [1st ed., 1919]
    ??Sny''' (), ''v.''?Now ''dial.''?Forms: 7 '''snithe,''' 9 '''snive;''' 7, 9 '''snie,''' 8–9 '''sny,''' 9 '''snye;''' 7, 9 '''snee.'''?[Of obscure origin.]?''intr.''?To abound, swarm, teem, be infested, ''with'' something.?[¶?'''1674''' Ray ''N.C. Words'' 44 To ''Snee'' or ''snie'', to abound or swarm. He ''snies'' with Lice, he swarms with them.?'''1675''' V. Alsop ''Anti-sozzo'' 503 Certainly never did man so snithe with prejudices against Truth.?''c''?'''1746''' J. Collier (Tim Bobbin) ''View Lanc. Dial.'' Gloss., ''Snye'', to swarm.?'''1849''' Howitt ''Year Bk. Country'' 242/32 The villages in the forest sny with children.?'''1882''' ''Echo'' 16 Jan. 4/1 The place literally ‘snives’ with rabbits.?'''1897 J. Prior ''Ripple & Flood     xix, The watter snies wi’ fish. * “ sny, v.'']” listed in the ''Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989

    Etymology 3

    First attested in 1711; its etymology is unknown; compare snying and the (etyl) .

    Noun

    (snies)
  • (shipbuilding) of a wooden (l) or (l).
  • # An upward (l) at the (l) of a plank.
  • # of a wooden (l) from (l) toward its (l) and its (l).

    • References

    * “ Sny, sb.'']” listed on page 343 of volume IX, part I (Si–St) of ''A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles'' [1st ed., 1919]
    ??Sny''' (), ''sb.''?''Shipbuilding.''?[Cf. Snying ''vbl. sb.'']?(See quots. 1846 and 1875.)?[¶]?'''a.'''?'''1711''' W. Sutherland ''Shipbuild. Assist.'' 54 In working up a round Buttock of a Ship, the lower Edge of the Planks will have a sudden Sny aft.?'''1846''' A. Young ''Naut. Dict.'' 288 In shipbuilding, a plank is said to have sny, when its edge has an upward curve.?[¶?'''b.'''?''c''?'''1850''' ''Rudim. Nav.'' (Weale) 149 The great sny occasioned in full bows..is..to be prevented by introducing steelers.?'''1875 Knight ''Dict. Mech.'' 2232/1 ''Sny     ,..the trend of the lines of a ship upward from amidship toward the bow and the stern. * “ sny, n.'']” listed in the ''Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989

    Etymology 4

    First attested with this spelling in 1893; see snye.

    Noun

    (snies)
  • * 1893 , and Other Stories (1896), page unknown
    • “Well, Mars Tom, my idea is like dis. It ain’t no use, we can’t kill dem po’ strangers dat ain’t doin’ us no harm, till we’ve had practice?—?I knows it perfectly well, Mars Tom?—??deed I knows it perfectly well. But ef we takes a’ ax or two, jist you en me en Huck, en slips acrost de river to-night arter de moon’s gone down, en kills dat sick fam’ly dat’s over on the Sny , en burns dey house down, en?—”
  • * 1948 , ), volume 36, page 151
    • The word snye'', ''sny'' or ''snie has been used for many years to describe a channel behind an island, with slack current or partly dried, or some such similar feature.

    References

    * “ snye]” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989

    Anagrams

    * (l) ----