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2 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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