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anymore

[ en-ee-mawr, -mohr ]

adverb

  1. any longer.
  2. nowadays; presently.


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Spelling Note

The adverb anymore meaning “any longer” or “nowadays” is most commonly spelled as one word. It is used in negative constructions and in some types of questions: Sally doesn't work here anymore. Do you play tennis anymore? In some dialects, chiefly South Midland in origin, it is found in positive statements meaning “nowadays”: Baker's bread is all we eat anymore. Anymore we always take the bus. Its use at the beginning of a sentence is almost exclusive to speech or to representations of speech.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of anymore1

1350–1400; Middle English ani more any longer

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Example Sentences

Once I got over that hurdle, it was as if a huge weight had lifted and I was not scared anymore.

“I don't read it anymore … not at all …,” he said, speaking as much to himself and his private ghosts as to me.

But look, it depends on how old I am [laughs], and whether I have the energy anymore.

Then they had a meeting where they said, ‘Guys, we can’t say “raping and pillaging” anymore.

Forget about the fight in Washington—the pipeline might not make economic sense anymore.

Fire came out of the clouds to kill them there, and no one saw them alive anymore, and no other priest ever found the gold.

"Haven't even got my shiv anymore, Frankie," Tiflin remarked, casually.

He wasn't even around, anymore, when you beauties got caught.

There was almost no one on the streets anymore -- just the people trying hopelessly to get underground.

My country was not my friend anymore: we were now on different sides and I'd known I could never win.

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