soever

Definition

In any fashion, of any kind; used for emphasis after words such as how, what, which etc.

Etymology

From so + ever.

Example Sentences

• "How long soever it hath continued, if it be against reason, it is of no force in law."
• "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."
• "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 blots and clots upon them."

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