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Definition of Anything
1. n. Any object, act, state, event, or fact whatever; thing of any kind; something or other; aught; as, I would not do it for anything.
2. adv. In any measure; anywise; at all.
Definition of Anything
1. Adverb. In any way, any extent or any degree. ¹
2. Pronoun. Any object, act, state, event, or fact whatever; thing of any kind; something or other; aught. ¹
3. Pronoun. (context: with “as” or “like”) (non-gloss definition Expressing an indefinite comparison. ) ¹
4. Noun. Someone or something of importance. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Anything
1. a thing of any kind [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Anything
Literary usage of Anything
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bunyan's Pilgrim's progress. With illustr. by C. Bennett by John Bunyan (1860)
"Br. Well, if you will thus imagine, I cannot help it; Mr anything. you shall find
me a fair company-keeper, if you will still He desires admit ..."
2. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen (1882)
"The slightest mention of anything relative to Willoughby overpowered her in an
instant; and though her family were most anxiously attentive to her comfort, ..."
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