soever
In any fashion, of any kind; used for emphasis after words such as how, what, which etc.
Adverb
- In any fashion, of any kind; used for emphasis after words such as how, what, which etc.
- How long soever it hath continued, if it be against reason, it is of no force in law. - 1669, John Owen, A Practical Exposition on the 130th Psalm:
- For, by the fundamental Laws of the Realm, it is Capital in any Perſon, of what Quality ſoever, to make water within the Precincts of the Palace. - 1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Author by an Extraordinary...
- And in the meanwhile, Society shivered a little feverishly, filled now with the scions of those who had come over with the Jewish and American Conquests. Escutcheons were becoming valueless, how sinister soever the...
Origin
From so + ever.
Forms
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howsoever whatsoever whencesoever whensoever wheresoever whethersoever whichsoever whithersoever whomsoever whosesoever whosoever whysoever withersoever