Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Whatever"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Whatever \What*ev"er\, pron.
Anything soever which; the thing or things of any kind; being
this or that; of one nature or another; one thing or another;
anything that may be; all that; the whole that; all
particulars that; -- used both substantively and adjectively.
Whatever fortune stays from his word. --Shak.
Whatever Earth, all-bearing mother, yields. --Milton.
Whatever be its intrinsic value. --J. H.
Newman.
Note: Whatever often follows a noun, being used elliptically.
``There being no room for any physical discovery
whatever'' [sc. it may be]. --Whately.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
whatever
adj : one or some or every or all without specification; "give me
any peaches you don't want"; "not any milk is left";
"any child would know that"; "pick any card"; "any day
now"; "cars can be rented at almost any airport"; "at
twilight or any other time"; "beyond any doubt"; "need
any help we can get"; "give me whatever peaches you
don't want"; "no milk whatsoever is left" [syn: {any(a)},
{whatsoever}]
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