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Etymology
so + ever
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Adverb
soever (not comparable)
- (archaic) In any fashion, of any kind; used for emphasis after words such as how, what, which etc.
1669, John Owen, A Practical Exposition on the 130th Psalm:How long soever it hath continued, if it be against reason, it is of no force in law.
1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Author by an Extraordinary Stratagem Prevents an Invasion. ”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. , volume I, London: Benj Motte, , →OCLC, part I (A Voyage to Lilliput), page 91: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.
1922, Michael Arlen, “1/5/1”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days: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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in any fashion, of any kind
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