whensoever
See also: whensoëver
English
Alternative forms
- whensoëver (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English quen-so-ever, wensoever, whanne so evere, whan-so-ever, whan-so-evere, whenne-soever, when so evyr; equivalent to when + soever.
Adverb
whensoever (not comparable)
- whenever; at any time at all
- 1602, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, act V scene 2:
- Now or whensoever, provided I be so able as now.
- 1672, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica:
- Again, whereas men affirm they perceive an addition of ponderosity in dead bodies, comparing them usually unto blocks and stones, whensoever they lift or carry them; this accessional preponderancy is rather in appearance than reality.
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Related terms
- whensomever