whatever Definition

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whatever

pronoun(what-ev-er)

anything or everything that

whatever

pronoun(what-ev-er)

no matter what

whatever

pronoun(what-ev-er)

whatnot

whatever

adjective(what-ev-er)

any … that : all … that

whatever

adjective(what-ev-er)

no matter what

whatever

adjective(what-ev-er)

of any kind at all —used after the substantive it modifies with any or with an expressed or implied negative

whatever

adverb(what-ev-er)

in any case : whatever the case may be —sometimes used interjectionally to suggest the unimportance of an issue or decision between alternatives

whatever

idiom(what-ev-er)

whatever one wants

whatever

idiom(what-ev-er)

—used to ask why someone did something stupid

whatever

idiom(what-ev-er)

either way

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idiom(what-ev-er)

—used to say it isn't known why someone does something

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