Soever
[sәu'evә]
Definition
(-) A word compounded of so and ever, used in composition with who, what, where, when, how, etc., and indicating any out of all possible or supposable persons, things, places, times, ways, etc. It is sometimes used separate from the pronoun or adverb.
Inputed by Cathleen
Definition
adv. generally used to extend or render indefinite the sense of who what where how &c.
Editor: Megan
Examples
- But how disadvantageous soever this system may appear, yet, before the Union, the low price of cattle seems to have rendered it almost unavoidable. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- How hurtful soever in themselves, these, or some other restraints upon importation, became necessary in consequence of that regulation. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- How extravagant soever the fees of counsellors at law may sometimes appear, their real retribution is never equal to this. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- This produce, how great soever, can never be infinite, but must have certain limits. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- My pupils, I was told, 'however much they might love me, and how deep soever the interest I might take in them, could not be my friends. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Editor: Megan