any which way
i adjective
1.
one, a, an, or some; one or more without specification or identification: If you have any witnesses, produce them. Pick out any six you like.
2.
whatever or whichever it may be: cheap at any price.
3.
in whatever quantity or number, great or small; some: Do you have any butter?
4.
every; all: Any schoolboy would know that. Read any books you find on the subject.
5.
(following a negative) at all: She can't endure any criticism.
pronoun
6.
an unspecified person or persons; anybody; anyone: He does better than any before him.
7.
a single one or ones; an unspecified thing or things; a quantity or number: We don't have any left.
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Any which way
is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
adverb
Idioms 8.
in whatever degree; to some extent; at all: Do you feel any better?
9.
any which way, in any manner whatever; indifferently or carelessly: Doing your work any which way is just not good enough.
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| —determiner | |
| 1. | a. one, some, or several, as specified, no matter how much or many, what kind or quality, etc: any cheese in the cupboard is yours; you may take any clothes you like |
| b. (as pronoun; functioning as sing or plural): take any you like | |
| 2. | (usually used with a negative) |
| a. even the smallest amount or even one: I can't stand any noise | |
| b. (as pronoun; functioning as sing or plural): don't give her any | |
| 3. | whatever or whichever; no matter what or which: any dictionary will do; any time of day |
| 4. | an indefinite or unlimited amount or number (esp in the phrases any amount or number): any number of friends |
| —adv | |
| 5. | (usually used with a negative) |
| a. (
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| b. not standard at all: he doesn't care any | |
| [Old English ǣnig; related to Old Frisian ēnig, Old High German einag, Old Norse einigr anyone, Latin ūnicus unique; see | |
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Word Origin & History
any
O.E. ænig "any, anyone," lit. "one-y," from P.Gmc. *ainagas (cf. O.S. enig, O.N. einigr, O.Fris. enich, Du. enig, Ger. einig). The -y may have dim. force here. Emphatic form any old ______ (British variant: any bloody ______) is recorded from 1896. At any rate is recorded from 1847. Among the large
family of compounds beginning with any- , anykyn "any kind" (c.1300) did not survive. Anywhen (1831) is rarely used, but OED calls it "common in Southern [British] dialects."
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