Whatsoever vs What - What's the difference?
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Whatever.
* (John Milton)
* The Holy Bible, Genesis xxxi. 16
In any way; at all.
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(obsolete) whatever
* Bible, Genesis xxxi. 16
* (Francis Bacon)
(interrogative) Which thing, event, circumstance, etc.: used interrogatively in asking for the specification of an identity, quantity, quality, etc.
(relative, nonstandard) That; which.
* 1902 , , (The Admirable Crichton) :
(relative) That which; those that; the thing that.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-21, author=(Oliver Burkeman)
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, title= In some manner or degree; in part; partly; usually followed by with .
Such.
(label) Why?
* (rfdate) (Chaucer)
* (rfdate) (John Milton)
Used to introduce each of two coordinate phrases or concepts; both…and.
* :
* 1605 Wm. Shakespeare, King Lear
(British, colloquial, dated) Is that not true?
Which; which kind of.
How much; how great (used in an exclamation).
(obsolete) something; thing; stuff
* Spenser
In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between whatsoever and what
is that whatsoever is (obsolete) whatever while what is (obsolete) something; thing; stuff.As pronouns the difference between whatsoever and what
is that whatsoever is (obsolete) whatever while what is (interrogative) which thing, event, circumstance, etc: used interrogatively in asking for the specification of an identity, quantity, quality, etc.As an adjective whatsoever
is whatever.As an adverb what is
in some manner or degree; in part; partly; usually followed by with .As an interjection what is
.As a determiner what is
which; which kind of.As a noun what is
(obsolete) something; thing; stuff.whatsoever
English
Adjective
(-)- In whatsoever shape he lurk.
- Whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.
Pronoun
(English Pronouns)- Whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.
- I must require you to use diligence in presenting especially those purloinings and imbezlements, which are of plate, vessel, or whatsoever within the King's house.
Usage notes
The word is sometimes divided by tmesis : “What things soever ye desire”. (Mark xi. 24) (Webster 1913)what
English
(wikipedia what)Pronoun
(English Pronouns)- That’s her; that’s the thing what has stole his heart from me.
The tao of tech, passage=The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast […, or offering services that let you "stay up to date with what your friends are doing",
Adverb
(-)- What should I tell the answer of the knight?
- But what do I stand reckoning upon advantages and gains lost by the misrule and turbulency of the prelates?
- And as for on C good knyghtes I haue my self / but I fawte / l / for so many haue ben slayne in my dayes / and so Ladegreans delyuerd his doughter Gweneuer vnto Merlyn / and the table round with the C knyghtes / and so they rode fresshly with grete royalte / what' by water and ' what by land / tyl that they came nyghe vnto london
Synonyms
* suchInterjection
(en interjection)- What , have his daughters brought him to this pass?
- What ! That’s amazing.
- It’s a nice day, what'''?'' (sometimes repeated, e.g.: '''''What'''-'''what ? )
Determiner
(en determiner)- What shirt are you going to wear?
- What time is it?
- What kind of car is that?
- What talent he has!
- What a talent!
Derived terms
* wat * what ho * whatness * what's whatNoun
(-)- They prayd him sit, and gave him for to feed / Such homely what as serves the simple clowne, / That doth despise the dainties of the towne
