Whatsoever vs Whatsoever - What's the difference?
whatsoever | whatsoever |
Whatever.
* (John Milton)
* The Holy Bible, Genesis xxxi. 16
In any way; at all.
*
, 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, […], and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned.}}
(obsolete) whatever
* Bible, Genesis xxxi. 16
* (Francis Bacon)
Whatever.
* (John Milton)
* The Holy Bible, Genesis xxxi. 16
In any way; at all.
*
, 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, […], and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned.}}
(obsolete) whatever
* Bible, Genesis xxxi. 16
* (Francis Bacon)
In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between whatsoever and whatsoever
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is that whatsoever is whatever while whatsoever is whatever.As pronouns the difference between whatsoever and whatsoever
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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)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.