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单词 any
释义

anyadj.pron.n.adv.

Brit. /ˈɛni/, U.S. /ˈɛni/
Forms:

α. early Old English aengi (instrumental singular neuter), early Old English enine (Kentish, accusative singular masculine), Old English aneg- (inflected form, rare), Old English ægne (accusative singular masculine), Old English ægnig (rare), Old English ægnum (dative singular masculine), Old English æng- (inflected form), Old English ænigg- (inflected form, rare), Old English ænigh (Northumbrian, rare), Old English ænihg (Northumbrian, rare), Old English æning- (inflected form), Old English eneg- (inflected form, rare), Old English eng- (inflected form, rare), Old English ęng- (Northumbrian, inflected form), Old English ęnig (Northumbrian, rare), Old English (rare)–early Middle English anig, Old English–early Middle English æneg- (inflected form), Old English–early Middle English æni, Old English–early Middle English ænig, Old English (rare)–early Middle English (in copy of Old English charter) ænyg, Old English (rare)–early Middle English enig, Old English–Middle English (in copy of Old English charter) aenig, late Old English egnig, late Old English enug- (inflected form), late Old English enyg, late Old English–early Middle English eanig, late Old English–1600s ani, early Middle English aening (in copy of Old English charter), early Middle English aningne (in copy of Old English charter), early Middle English anj, early Middle English anyg, early Middle English ænȝ, early Middle English ænie, early Middle English æniȝ, early Middle English eaneg- (inflected form), early Middle English eini, early Middle English enȝ, Middle English aany, Middle English aenyng (in copy of Old English charter), Middle English ane, Middle English aniȝ, Middle English anni, Middle English annye, Middle English anye, Middle English ayny, Middle English eani, Middle English eany, Middle English ene, Middle English eney, Middle English enie, Middle English eniȝ, Middle English ening (in copy of Old English charter), Middle English enye, Middle English enyng (in copy of Old English charter), Middle English hany, Middle English hene, Middle English heni, Middle English heny, Middle English–1500s anny, Middle English–1500s eni, Middle English–1500s eny, Middle English–1600s anie, Middle English–1600s enny, Middle English– any, 1600s– aney; English regional 1700s– enny, 1800s– anny, 1900s– henny (Lincolnshire); U.S. regional 1800s– enny, 1900s– eeny; Scottish pre-1700 ane, pre-1700 aney, pre-1700 anie, pre-1700 annie, pre-1700 anye, pre-1700 1700s– any; Irish English 1800s– aany, 1900s– anny.

β. late Old English æigne (accusative singular masculine), early Middle English ai, early Middle English aie, early Middle English æi, early Middle English ei, early Middle English eie, early Middle English ein, Middle English ay, Middle English en, Middle English ey.

γ. Middle English hone, Middle English honi, Middle English hony, Middle English one, Middle English oney, Middle English oni, Middle English onie, Middle English onny, Middle English onye, Middle English oony, Middle English oonye, Middle English–1500s (1800s– U.S. regional) ony, 1500s onne; English regional (northern and north midlands) 1600s honie, 1600s 1800s– onny, 1600s 1800s– ony, 1800s oney; Scottish pre-1700 hony, pre-1700 oiny, pre-1700 onay, pre-1700 one, pre-1700 oni, pre-1700 onne, pre-1700 onyie, pre-1700 oony, pre-1700 1700s–1800s onny, pre-1700 1700s–1800s onye, pre-1700 1700s–1800s 2000s– onnie, pre-1700 1700s– onie, pre-1700 1700s– ony, pre-1700 1800s– oney, 1900s– oany; Irish English (northern) 1900s– onny, 1900s– ony.

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.
Etymology: Cognate with Old Frisian ēnich , ienich , ēng , Old Dutch einig (Middle Dutch ēnich , ennich , Dutch enig ), Old Saxon ēnig (Middle Low German einich , ēnich ), Old High German einag , einīg (Middle High German einic , German einig , now usually in plural, einige ‘some’), all used as determiners in sense ‘any’ (also Old Icelandic einigr anyone, none); apparently originally a specific use (in West Germanic) of the adjective reflected by Old English ǣnig , ānig (more usually weak ānga ) sole, unique, solitary, Old Frisian ēnich sole, unique, Old Dutch einig sole, unique (Middle Dutch ēnich sole, unique, solitary, Dutch enig ), Old Saxon ēnag sole (Middle Low German einich , ēnich sole, solitary, in agreement), Middle High German einic , einec sole, unique, solitary (German einig united, in agreement), Old Icelandic einga- (in compounds) sole, single, Old Swedish enigh , enge sole, Old Danish enigh , enge sole, Gothic ainaha sole < the Germanic base of one adj. + the Germanic base of -y suffix1. With the Germanic adjective compare similarly-formed post-classical Latin ūnicus sole, unique (see unique adj.), Old Church Slavonic inokŭ (noun) solitary one, and perhaps Early Irish oenach (noun) reunion, gathering.Form history. In Old English the usual form ǣnig (see α. forms) shows i-mutation of the stem vowel; the rare unmutated form ānig results either from variation in the vowel of the Germanic suffix (see discussion at -y suffix1) or from the analogical influence of ān one adj. The form ēnig shows a (typically Kentish) raising of the initial vowel. The later α. forms chiefly show reflexes of Old English ǣnig . Shortening of the initial vowel at different stages of development is reflected in the divergence in modern standard English between the spelling any and the pronunciation /ˈɛni/. Forms with Middle English short ă (giving rise to the modern spelling any) reflect early shortening (in late Old English) of ǣ to æ , whereas forms with Middle English short ĕ (giving rise to the modern pronunciation /ˈɛni/) reflect later shortening of long open ē ; both shortened forms could sometimes be subject to later lengthening (see E. J. Dobson Eng. Pronunc. 1500–1700 (ed. 2, 1968) II. §70). In Middle English forms in e are predominantly southern and south midland, while forms in a are widespread. The Middle English β. forms (chiefly west midland and south-western) probably show reduction of Old English ǣnig in unstressed position (perhaps originally inferred from a shortening of the accusative singular masculine æine ; compare late Old English æigne). In some cases they can be difficult to distinguish from ay adv. The γ. forms (chiefly east midland and northern, although very widespread in later Middle English) probably show diverse origins: continuation of Old English ānig , as well as continuing influence from one adj. (compare δ. forms at one adj., n., and pron.), and rounding of short ă before n (aided, especially in northern Middle English and Older Scots, by association with similarly developed forms of many adj.; compare forms at that entry). Occasional Old English and Middle English forms in -ing apparently show assimilation of the ending to -ing suffix3; perhaps compare Old High German eining any, (as pronoun) anyone. History of usage. Use as an indefinite adjective in non-affirmative contexts is well-established already in Old English. Use in affirmative and emphatic contexts is also found (see sense A. 1c), but the word is less freely used in such contexts than in modern English, where it can occasionally be near-synonymous with every adj. Use of stressed and unstressed forms in modern English. In use with singular count noun only in stressed form. In use with plural or mass noun in either stressed or (typically) unstressed form.
A. adj. (determiner).
1.
a. In interrogative, hypothetical, and conditional contexts: (with singular count noun) used to refer to an unspecified member of a particular class; (with plural or mass noun) used to refer to an unspecified number or quantity of a thing or things, no matter how much or how many; some.
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [adjective] > not specified > of any kind > any
anyOE
noc1500
OE West Saxon Gospels: John (Corpus Cambr.) iv. 33 Ða cwædon his leorningcnihtas him betwynan hwæðer ænig man [L. aliquis] him mete brohte.
OE Laws: Norðhymbra Preosta Lagu (Corpus Cambr.) ii. §1. 380 Gif hit ænig preost elles gedo, þolige his wurðscipes & geferena freondscipes.
a1250 Ureisun ure Louerde (Nero) in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 201 (MED) Hwi luuie ich ei þing bute þe one?
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 2131 Ȝef æi mon him liðere dude.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 49 Huanne þe man heþ uelaȝrede myd enye wyfmane.
?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 20 Ȝif ony man do þere jnne ony maner metall.
1480 Cronicles Eng. (Caxton) ccxxxij. sig. q7 By hym or by any othir.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Gal. vi. A Yf eny man be ouertaken of a faute.
1611 Bible (King James) Psalms iv. 6 Who wil shew vs any good? View more context for this quotation
1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 148 To think of any other..way of making the body the souls inholder.
1700 T. Brown Amusem. Serious & Comical iii. 31 Have you any Use in your Country for Upright Honesty?
1793 R. Burns Let. 26 Apr. (2003) II. 212 If any opaque-souled lubber of mankind complain.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 37 The best governed country of which he had any knowledge.
1880 Admin. Rep. Madras Municipality 1879 App. 166 Buckets or carts should be stationed at certain places such as public latrines where the house sweepers could bring any night-soil.
1939 G. B. Shaw Geneva 70 Laying a mine in the high seas to slaughter innocent travellers whose intentions,..if they have any intentions, are entirely friendly.
2011 A. Ghosh River of Smoke iv. 104 Do you have any reason to think that your seed is capable of begetting a male child?
b. In negative contexts: even a single; the slightest. Cf. no adj. 1a.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > any, however small
eacheOE
anyOE
leastOE
ever anyOE
smallc1330
a blind1938
OE Genesis A (1931) 180 Ne þær ænig com blod of benne.
OE West Saxon Gospels: Mark (Corpus Cambr.) xi. 16 He ne geþafode þæt ænig man [L. quisquam] ænig fæt ðurh þæt templ bære.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 15578 Nas hit nauere isæid..þat æuer ær weore æi swa muchel ferde..þurh ænie king to-gadere.
1389 in C. Innes Liber Sancte Marie de Melros (1837) 449 That the forsaid wollys..yhe suffre..to pas withoutyn ony askying or takyng of custume.
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 118 Neuere saue in late daies was eny clok telling the houris.
1508 J. Fisher Treat. Penyt. Psalmes sig. aa.ii I shall not declare to you ony parte of the epystle.
1567 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure II. xxv. f. 237v You abide in such extasie the space of xl. houres at the least without any beating of poulse or other perceptible motion.
1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique vii. xxv. 847 He must not vncouple any of his dogs: but onely marke the way that the Hart runneth.
1658 Sir T. Browne Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall Ep. Ded. sig. A2v We present not these as any strange sight.
1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 503. ⁋2 The Offence does not come under any law.
1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 23 It ought not to be done at any time. View more context for this quotation
1811 Duke of Wellington Let. to C. Stuart 12 Jan. in Dispatches (1837) VII. 91 I conduct the operations of the Portuguese army as Marshal General, without any reference to the Secretariat.
1870 H. A. Nicholson Man. Zool. (1880) 463 In..fish there is never any breast-bone.
1920 D. E. Lyon How to keep Bees for Profit iv. 34 The bees cannot tolerate any foreign object in their homes.
1971 D. Crystal Linguistics Interlude 134 A noun phrase may not have any separate intonation pattern at all.
2006 C. C. E. Vermaak Confessions of Dyslexic Virgin 194 Mom never wore any form of make up.
c. With singular noun in affirmative contexts, frequently with emphatic force: used to refer to a member of a particular group or class without distinction or limitation (hence implying every member of the class or group, since every one may in turn be taken as a representative).
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [adjective] > not specified > of every kind > each or every
eacheOE
anyOE
allOE
everyOE
ilkc1175
ilkac1175
ilkinc1175
all and sundry1389
ever alla1513
all sundry1562
OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) i. 180 Þa wearð he & ealle his geferan forcuþran & wyrsan þonne ænig oðer gesceaft.
OE Ælfric Lives of Saints (Julius) (1881) I. 440 Ða þe hrepodon þæs reafes ænigne dæl þe heo mid bewunden wæs, wurdon sona hale.
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. cvi. 1256 Smaller pouder þan eny fyle mighte make.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 700 Þe nedder..was more wise þen any beest.
1470 M. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 367 In any wyse..labore to haue an ende of your grete materes.
1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) (1859) v. xiv. 79 Hit is ful hard to ony creature to maken declaracion.
1563 J. Man tr. W. Musculus Common Places Christian Relig. 374 b For all that, it is in any wise [L. omnino] necessarie.
1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet v. i. 67 Mantuas lawe Is death to any he that vtters them. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) i. i. 8 Any time these three hundred yeeres. View more context for this quotation
1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) Pref. p. lxvii The Director was consulted by him upon any Difficulty.
a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 318 It was a common piece of raillery in the Court, upon the death of any Prince, to ask what a person his widow was.
1798 J. Ferriar Illustr. Sterne ii. 26 That enable any person to give an answer to any question.
1814 I. D'Israeli Quarrels Auth. II. 185 On speculative points any man may be suddenly converted.
1914 N. A. Harvey Elem. Psychol. xviii. 215 Nearly any parent will, if necessary, preserve the life of the child at the sacrifice of his own.
1968 Language 44 211 The publications..are available to any American library on inter-library loan.
2005 1to1 Mag. Oct. 20/2 There are strategies that any company can use to cultivate customer engagement.
2. With quantitative force.
a. With plural or mass noun: used to refer to a number, however great or small, of (separable things), or a quantity or amount of (a substance, etc.), even the smallest.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > [adjective] > some or any
somec888
alleOE
anyOE
OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) xvi. 164 Ge cnapan, hæbbe ge ænige syflinge begyten?
?a1160 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) (Peterborough contin.) anno 1137 Þa namen hi þa men þe hi wenden ðat ani god hefden.
c1225 (?c1200) St. Juliana (Bodl.) l. 95 (MED) Hire feader feng on earst feire on to lokin, ȝef he mahte wið eani luue speden.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 190 (MED) He acsede..yef he hedde eny zeluer.
1466 in C. Innes Registrum de Dunfermelyn (1842) 356 Giff..I..gevis ony leiffe..to mak ony drauchtis of the said Magdelan burn.
c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 92 How suld be punyst folk yat beris othir mennis armes but leue to do thame ony lak?
1526 Bible (Tyndale) Luke xxiv. 41 Haue ye here eny meate? [So in Cranmer, Genev., and 1611; Wyclif, ony thing that schal be eten, Rhem., any thing to be eaten.]
1533 J. Frith Bk. answeringe Mores Let. sig. C.iv Yf he had any Iudgement at all he might well perceyue that [etc.].
1553 R. Eden in tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India Pref. sig. Ajv Whiche viage is sufficiently knowen to suche as haue any skyll in Geographie.
1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 893/2 Let the priest rence his hands, lest any parcels of the body or bloud be left behind in his fingers or in the chalice.
1607 G. Markham Cavelarice vi. 12 If there be any tussocks of long grasse, rushes, or dead fogge.
1687 C. Sedley Bellamira iii. i. 29 Have you any Mirabilis?
1711 London Gaz. No. 4863/4 Very little if any white about him.
1766 H. Brooke Fool of Quality II. xii. 241 Have you any more blocks, madam, for the hewing out of our Mercuries?
1831 J. Crabb Gipsies' Advocate xiv. 134 I asked them if they had any books.
1854 J. Scoffern in Orr's Circle Sci., Chem. Chem. 507 Whilst any lead..remains to be removed.
1937 H. Jennings et al. May 12th Mass-observ. Day-surv. ii. 387 I forgot to ask you if you were going to buy any lard to-day.
2011 El Paso (Texas) Times (Nexis) 9 Sept. Any questioning of governmental restriction gives rise to accusations of anti-patriotism.
b. Expressing recognized but unspecified value, quantity, duration, etc.: appreciable, discernible; significant, consequential.
ΚΠ
OE Wulfstan Evil Rulers (Hatton 113) (1957) 277 Eal he wearð to woroldscame se þe stod on mane & on misdæde ænige hwile, butan he gewende þe raþor to his Drihtne.
1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 55 Thou shalt gyue me all the good that thou hast of ony valewe [Fr. tout ce que tu as vaillant], or thou shalt drynke all the watre of this Ryuier.
1591 R. Greene Notable Discouery of Coosenage f. 6 In every Shire Citty and Towne of any receipt.
1696 Mary of Modena Let. 5 June in M. Hopkirk Queen Over Water (1953) x. 231 If his illness lasts any time, i think it necessary he should have some woman to look after him as i sent word by Mr. Wyburn yesterday.
1778 Encycl. Brit. III. 2284/2 No gre-hound of any value should be run at this course.
1822 W. Hazlitt Table-talk I. i. 18 To balance himself for any time in the same position the rope-dancer must strain every nerve.
1942 National Geographic Mag. June p. xii (advt.) The Kiwi bird..cannot migrate with the warm seasons, or travel any distance in search of food.
2004 Smithsonian Oct. 117/2 Any incident of any importance immediately found its way into a song.
c. colloquial. Of number or quantity: great, large, considerable; (also hyperbolically) unlimited, endless. See also any amount (of) at amount n. Phrases 2b.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > great (of quantity/amount)
greata1325
no smalla1450
round1596
vengeance1602
main1609
vast1637
any1758
right smart1825
high-level1860
the world > relative properties > number > plurality > great number, numerousness > [adjective] > used for large number
sevenOE
fortya1616
any1758
steen1886
steenth1895
zillion1901
umpty1916
umptieth1917
umpteen1918
umpteenth1918
bazillion1939
scrillion1945
1758 R. Dossie Handmaid to Arts II. 214 It may not be improper, where there is a prospect of keeping the wooden print for any length of time, to use very thin plank.
1826 R. Gourlay Appeal to Common Sense, Mind, & Manhood Brit. Nation p. xxxv I had any quantity, of the very best quality [sc. of House of Commons paper], furnished me, with ready-made pens by the dozen.
1845 in N.E. Eliason Tarheel Talk (1956) 277 He will find any number of pretty Hookers in the Brick row not far from French's hotel.
1861 O. W. Norton Army Lett. (1903) 26 In the woods near us we found any quantity of grapes and chinquapins.
1862 O. W. Norton Army Lett. (1903) 50 We cut down any number of the poles.
1946 V. Bell Let. 20 Dec. in Sel. Lett. (1993) 509 There's a man in Kensington..who seems willing to buy any quantity of sgraffito work.
2002 Economist (Electronic ed.) 3 Aug. 77 She misidentifies a girl from Sunderland..as a Geordie (thereby alienating any number of Mackem readers).
3. With qualitative force: (in positive or neutral sense) of whatever sort or kind; (in negative or depreciative sense) of whatever kind, however imperfect.Frequently as the first element in compounds: see anybody n., anything pron. and n. 3, anyway adv. 1b, etc.
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [adjective] > not specified > of any kind
any kinsOE
anyOE
any kinc1175
any old1896
OE Wulfstan Christian Life (Hatton) 201 Ne beo ðu ænig manslaga.
c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Miller's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 83 She was a Prymerole, a piggesnye For any lord to leggen in his bedde Or yet for any good yeman to wedde.
?1529 R. Hyrde tr. J. L. Vives Instr. Christen Woman i. xvi. sig. Sv Men neuer caste any fauoure to a woman, but for some good propretie.
1571 J. Northbrooke Spiritus est Vicarius Christi: Poore Mans Garden f. 100 Any truthe what soeuer it bee, is better then any thyng, that can of our owne heade be deuised of vs.
1665 R. Howard Committee iii. i, in Four New Plays 95 Now am I ready for any Plot; I'le go find some of these Agitants.
1699 J. Dunton Dublin Scuffle 103 Any Excuse is better than none.
1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World II. 98 Marriage is at present so much out of fashion, that a lady is very well off, who can get any husband at all.
1799 T. Burns Serm. 49 Some are studying to be rich by any means; others studying how to cheat,..and some are even studying how to set the world on fire.
1868 M. Pattison Suggestions Acad. Organisation 2 The danger is..that any reform should be adopted because some reform is required.
1879 Scribner's Monthly Nov. 37/1 One of the common trees that may be found on almost any lawn.
1920 Public Libraries Jan. 39/2 Any change would be an improvement.
1925 Fresno (Calif.) Bee 1 Aug. The prevailing psychology of Hollywood is that any publicity is good publicity.
2003 W. Saletan Bearing Right (2004) vii. 174 What riled the senator wasn't just any unwanted pregnancy, but pregnancy by rape.
4.
a. Followed by one (as pro-form or, in early use, emphatic pronoun), with anaphoric reference and limiting force (cf. one pron. 13).
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OE Cynewulf Crist II 683 Swa se waldend us, godbearn on grundum, his giefe bryttað. Nyle he ængum anum ealle gesyllan gæstes snyttru.
1536 J. Gwynneth Confut. Fyrst Parte Frythes Boke sig. h.iiv Thou mayste rather blame me, for the superfluyte of many thynges mo then neded. Then for the lack of any one.
1567 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure II. xx. f. 134v Behold Christian, if amongs al these roabes, there be any one which thou hast seene before.
1657 J. Davies tr. V. de Voiture Lett. i. iv. 7 Of all those Enchantments which he hath dissolv'd, there is not any one which you could not have master'd.
1797 Monthly Mag. Sept. 196/1 Their authority may be a means of deterring many persons from applying their minds to this subject; yet there is scarcely any one which more requires investigation.
1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 699 See that all the pigs are safe, and..remove any one immediately that..may have died in the pigging.
1895 F. T. Lent Sound Sense in Suburban Archit. vi. 68 Among the many building papers which are now flooding the markets, it is a difficult matter to choose any one that is really the best.
1922 School & Society 10 June 640/2 There should be formed in Halifax an overhead university connected with all the colleges, but not particularly with any one.
2005 R. Hume Life with Birds 284 There were other days like this in the Mara—I could pick any one at random.
b. Followed by one (as adjective) with limiting force (cf. one adj. 3a).
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c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 384 Eny oon persoon.
1577 S. Avgvstines Manuell in Certaine Prayers S. Augustines Medit. (rev. ed.) sig. Pv Neither soule, fleshe, nor reason can in any one thyng please thee.
1690 W. Walker Idiomatologia Anglo-Lat. 26 I understand not any one word.
1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 118. ⁋12 I shall not allow the reviving of any one Part of that antient Mode.
1833 H. Martineau Messrs. Vanderput & Snoek i. 1 That any one district of Amsterdam was busier than another at any one hour.
1885 G. L. Goodale in A. Gray & G. L. Goodale Bot. Text-bk. (ed. 6) II. i. ii. 95 Latex-cells are not restricted to any one organ of the plant.
1925 A. N. Whitehead Sci. & Mod. World 143 It is an exaggeration to attribute a general change in a climate of thought to any one piece of writing.
2007 Church Times 13 Apr. 9/5 It is no longer conceivable for any one Church of the Christian oikumene to go it alone.
B. pron. and n.
1.
a. Chiefly in negative, interrogative, and conditional contexts: any person or persons at all; even a single individual; (also) a given individual or group of individuals; someone, some people. Cf. anyone pron. 1.Now less common than anyone or anybody.
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [noun] > state of being non-specific > unspecified thing(s) > anyone
anyOE
any man aliveOE
anybodyc1300
manc1384
any only ——c1475
person?a1789
OE (Northumbrian) Lindisf. Gospels: Mark xi. 16 Et non sinebat ut quisquam transferret uas per templum : & ne gelefde þætte ænig [OE West Saxon Gospels: Corpus Cambr. ænig man] oferferede faet ðerh þæt tempel.
OE Ælfric Lives of Saints (Julius) (1881) I. 474 Ne sege þu heononforð þæt ænig sy his gelica.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 9938 He nollde nohht. Þatt aniȝ shollde dwellenn.
a1250 Wohunge ure Lauerd in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 271 (MED) Is ani ricchere þen þu, mi leof, þat rixles in heuene?
c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 7721 Ȝif þat eni him wraþþede, adoun he was anon.
1472 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 454 Yit have I..nott leffte any at hys most neede.
1550 J. Heywood Hundred Epigrammes iii. sig. Aiiii Please they any, That serue many? Nay.
1584 T. Cogan Hauen of Health ccxvii. 216 Wherefore if any be desirous to vomit, let them rather go to the Sea.
1611 Bible (King James) 2 Pet. iii. 9 The Lord is..not willing that any should perish. View more context for this quotation
1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. viii. 316 Into which Society when any are admitted, they call a meeting.
1764 S. Lowthion Friendship of visiting Fatherless 27 Whether this may not be one reason why scarce any are educating, amongst us, for the ministry, I shall not positively determine.
1796 E. Gibbon Let. 19 Dec. (1956) II. 133 You may say in general in the family (if any should bark) that you are satisfied with my conduct.
1827 J. F. Cooper Prairie II. v. 68 If any can pretend to know the world, or to have seen scary sights, it is myself!
1885 H. R. Haggard King Solomon's Mines vii. 117 If any should wish a further proof.
1933 R. Sencourt Napoleon III ii. ix. 190 The effect on the modern Emperor..was more than any could have guessed.
1968 F. Exley Fan's Notes vi. 288 So amenably courageous in leaving his door ajar for any who would enter.
1977 G. F. Newman Detective's Tale 74 Any who did it [sc. investigating complaints] with cheerful willingness usually applied to join A10.
b. In affirmative contexts, frequently with emphatic force: any person without distinction or limitation; (hence implying every person: see sense A. 1c). Cf. anyone pron. 2.
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c1580 ( tr. Bk. Alexander (1927) III. ii. 6801 Mare than ony that leuand is [Fr. plus que nus qui soit vis].
1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer i. f. 30v Thou art for any who in thee beleeves, Though Traytors, Strumpets, Murtherers, or Theeves.
1665 J. Crowne Pandion & Amphigenia i. 38 Infinitely beneath any, who are endued with the smallest portion of a Royal spirit.
1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy Pref. sig. A4 [He] has wrote a more correct Account of Italy in general than any before him.
1827 R. Cobbold Valentine Verses 222 I know the stage, the tricks the actors play, And mark their characters as any may.
1862 M. L. Whately Ragged Life Egypt (1863) x. 88 It [is] hard for any who are not desert-bred to find their way.
1966 R. Ardrey Territorial Imperative (1967) viii. 283 Pessimism, under the rule of a Pax Britannica, was a dirty little luxury which any could afford.
2006 G. Jennings Aztec Rage (2007) i. 1 The great warhorses..crushed any before them under their heavy hooves.
2.
a. With anaphoric or cataphoric reference: one or some (of that previously or subsequently mentioned). Chiefly in negative, interrogative, and conditional contexts.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > [noun] > some, any, or indefinite amount
somec1000
anyOE
somewhatc1175
a little wightc1275
OE Wulfstan Canons of Edgar (Corpus Cambr.) (1972) xli. 10 We lærað þæt ælc calic gegoten beo þe man husl on halgige, and on treowenum ne halgige man ænig.
lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 1103 Eac on morgen..gedyde se wind swa mycel to hearme her on lande..swa nan man ne ge munde þat æfre ænig ær gedyde.
c1390 (?c1350) Joseph of Arimathie (1871) l. 307 (MED) I beo-take þe..soules to kepe; ȝif eni þorw þi defaute falle fro my riche, At þe day of Iuggement þou beost ioyned harde.
1477 in J. Stuart Misc. Spalding Club (1842) II. 253 We sal gif him the best counsale we can quhen he ony askis at ws.
1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie xlvi. 276 As excellent a lesson as a man shall read any.
1591 R. Greene Notable Discouery of Coosenage f. 5v [He] pawnes his rings if he hath any, his sword, his cloake, or else what he hath about him.
a1625 J. Fletcher Rule a Wife (1640) iii. 30 Cac. Ever thank him that has mony. Sanc. Wilt thou lend mee any?
a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1683) v. 115 This, if any, may probably destroy that obstinate Disease.
1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. lxi. 410 Must you, my Lord,..add to my Plagues, if I have any?
1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Ship-building The pointers, if any, are..fixed across the hold diagonally to support the beams.
1839 S. G. Morton Crania Americana 107 The narrowness of the head..is not remarkable, and very slight pressure, if any, has been applied to the frontal bone.
1883 Scotsman 11 July 5/3 The mean temperature of the month was lower than any recorded since 1879.
1928 P. Grainger Let. 31 Jan. in All-round Man (1994) 88 The whole tone of the letter must be called a greater blow to my hopes than any I have yet had from you.
2010 A. Atwater-Rhodes Token of Darkness i. 8 Maybe he should talk to a priest? He didn't know any.
b. Followed by of.In Old English and early Middle English also with partitive genitive.
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OE St. Andrew (Corpus Cambr.) in F. G. Cassidy & R. N. Ringler Bright's Old Eng. Gram. & Reader (1971) 214 For þon þe þu eart blind, þu ne gesihst ænigne of Godes þam halgum.
OE Wærferð tr. Gregory Dialogues (Corpus Cambr.) (1900) i. x. 79 Saga me..hwæðer þu ongæte his wundra ænigu.
c1175 ( Homily: Hist. Holy Rood-tree (Bodl. 343) (1894) 6 Ȝif ic æniȝ þare ȝyfæ habbe þe ðu ȝyrnende bist.
c1225 (?c1200) Hali Meiðhad (Bodl.) (1940) 495 Ȝef hit is misboren..& wonti ei [a1250 Titus eni] of his limen, Oðer sum mis feare, hit is sorhe to hire.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 5 (MED) Huo þet agelt ine enie of þe ilke hestes.
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Royal) (1850) James i. 5 If ony of ȝou nedith wisdom, axe he of God.
1409 in J. Stuart & G. Burnett Exchequer Rolls Scotl. (1880) IV. p. ccxi Gif..[they] rebellis or disobesis till ony of the saide lordis again resoun.
1526 Bible (Tyndale) James i. 5 If eny of you lacke wysdome.
1567 J. Jewel Def. Apol. Churche Eng. v. vi. §7. 533 It is a sinne, as greate as Sacrilege, or Churche robbinge, to reason of any of the Popes dooinges.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iii. iii. 127 If there be any of him left, Ile bury it. View more context for this quotation
1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. xxviii. 164 In any of these cases, the print left by the Seal, will be obscure.
1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 154. ⁋2 How do you know more than any of us?
1798 J. Austen Let. 27 Oct. (1995) 17 Dame Tilbury's daughter has lain-in—Shall I give her any of your Baby Cloathes?
1837 E. Hayes Crimes & Punishments ii. xiii. 631 As every count in the indictment contains a distinct charge, there is no doubt that the jury may acquit or convict on any of them.
1876 J. Harley Royle's Man. Materia Med. (ed. 6) 371 Oats contain a larger proportion of gluten than any of the other cereals in use.
1924 V. Sackville-West Let. 22 Aug. in Lett. to V. Woolf (1984) 43 I like you a fabulous lot; and any of my friends could tell you that.
2011 Independent 24 Feb. 15/1 I had always ambled through life, never suffering from..any of the ills the urban mind is prey to.
3. One of two things indifferently; either. Now nonstandard.In early use frequently in † any of both: either of two (obsolete).
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c1400 in J. Slater Early Scots Texts (Ph.D. thesis, Univ. of Edinb.) (1952) No. 53 Ony of the said partis.
c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Friar's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 233 If that any [c1415 Corpus Oxf. eny, c1430 Cambr. Gg.4.27 ony] of vs haue moore than oother Lat hym..parte it with his brother.
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 558 Sithen fewe othere taken eny of hem bothe.
?1541 M. Coverdale Confut. Standish sig. f.viijv Doth anie of both these ensamples proue, that [etc.]?
1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 1253/1 Not at all..benefited by anie of them both.
1660 R. South Interest Deposed 14 The Ministers of God are not to evade, or take refuge in any of these two forementioned wayes.
1795 Edinb. Mag. Nov. 400/2 The passage by any of the two bridges is impossible.
1809 L. de Tousard Amer. Artillerist's Compan. II. vii. 201 The cannonier, who had pointed the gun, could not ascertain..whether any of the two salient points had not been deranged by some shock.
1887 M. Salmonson From Marriage License Window viii. 72 We find more religious sects amongst them [sc. the Swedes] than amongst any of the two other nationalities.
1922 G. W. Edwards Foreign Commerc. Credits iv. 53 Many exporters are willing to concede that a bank may cancel its advice at any of the two points mentioned above.
1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 7/1 Any, either, one of two things.
2000 M. R. Matthews Time for Sci. Educ. viii. 202 For him [sc. Descartes], the sum of motion of two equal bodies travelling at equal speed in opposite directions is double that of any of the pair.
C. adv.
1. Modifying comparative adjectives and adverbs: in any degree, to any extent, at all. See also any more adj., any mo adj., any more adv.Earliest attested in any more adj.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > degree or relative amount of a quality, action, etc. > [adverb] > in any degree or at all
anythingeOE
aughteOE
oughtsOE
anywisea1225
anyc1300
anywaya1400
at all1476
ever1548
anywhat1576
anyways1673
earthly1833
aughtways1878
c1300 Childhood Jesus (Laud) 137 in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1875) 1st Ser. 7 With oute ani more lette Þat treo ful sone upriȝht him sette.
c1450 (?a1422) J. Lydgate Life Our Lady (Durh.) (1961) vi. l. 263 Or he come eny nere.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. clxxxiiij Not mynding to differre the time any farther.
1573 J. Daus tr. H. Bullinger Hundred Serm. vpon Apocalipse (rev. ed.) xxxii. f. 91v I suppose we neede not to reason any curiouslyer hereof at this present.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iv. ii. 113 You are not to goe loose any longer. View more context for this quotation
1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 154. ⁋4 Before you go any farther.
1792 W. Cowper Let. 30 Nov. (1984) IV. 246 It is impossible any longer to find a pound of butter or cream to our tea in all the country.
1837 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. Oct. 46/1 It is a well-known fact..that contract work is never done any better than can be helped.
c1875 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 1st Ser. 347 Few people..would be any the worse for the study.
1951 K. Ferrier Let. 30 Jan. (2003) v. 141 Knowing you coped with mother too doesn't make me feel any better.
2007 Ecologist July 97/1 We won't be any the wiser until the earthquakes strike.
2. U.S. colloquial and British regional. In negative, interrogative, and conditional contexts, modifying a verb: to the slightest extent; at all.
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1735 R. Lee in Virginia Hist. Mag. 3 356 Y'r colts have not been gentled any, so that Charles can't lead them up.
1780 S. Holten Jrnl. in Essex Inst. Hist. Coll. (1920) LVI. 96 I have not traveled any this day on account of my horses.
1827 Massachusetts Spy 8 Aug. It can't be that he has been examined and cross-questioned, and differed any.
1857 J. G. Holland Bay-path iii. 32 Your words come down jest like rain spatterin' on a rock. They don't soak in any.
1869 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad iv. 45 It is a good tune—you can't improve it any.
1886 R. E. G. Cole Gloss. Words S.-W. Lincs. 7 He's not worked any sin' June. She can't sit up any.
1896 Harper's Mag. Apr. 778/2 I don't think he could have suffered any, he looked so peaceful.
1904 Booklovers' Mag. Mar. 360 One interesting speech followed which did not help matters any.
1911 H. P. Fairchild Greek Immigration to U.S. 101 Costa was not used to springs, and he did not mind this any.
1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. (at cited word) Did it raan any?
1958 Punch 17 Sept. 386/1 This couldn't have helped the Yogi any.
2006 M. Cabot Size 12 is not Fat 89 My humiliation in front of Detective Canavan hasn't helped the matter any.

Phrases

P1. any but.
a. Anybody or anything except (that specified).
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1481 (a1470) J. Tiptoft tr. Cicero De Amicicia (Caxton) sig. a6 They ne shal but denye, that name of goodnesse to be graunted to ony, but to wise men.
1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. clxix. f. cxciiiv/2 No lorde sente any but [Fr. ne..que ceulx] of their owne seruauntes.
1569 E. Fenton tr. P. Boaistuau Certaine Secrete Wonders Nature f. 66 I have red one wonder of hyr, whiche I neuer hearde of in any but in hir, that is, that she never shewed affection to any man.
1623 R. Jobson Golden Trade 46 An open house, where stands his chaire empty, vnlawfull for any but himselfe to sit in.
1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler vii. 160 This dish of meat is too good for any but Anglers. View more context for this quotation
1728 A. Ramsay 1st Answer to Somerville 76 Nor will North Britain yield for fouth Of ilka thing, and fellows couth To ony but her sister South.
1741 J. Wilford Memorials & Characters 498 It was wholly impossible for any but those which knew otherwise, not to have mistaken her for their natural Mother.
1817 S. T. Coleridge Biogr. Lit. II. xx. 113 Would any but a poet..have brought all the different marks and circumstances of a sea-loch before the mind.
1897 E. Lynn Linton George Eliot in Women Novelists 101 A task beyond the power of any but the few Masters of our literature.
1963 A. Beales Educ. under Penalty i. ii. 18 The monasteries had long ceased, most of them, to teach any but interns.
2003 B. Bryson Short Hist. Nearly Everything (2004) xx. 377 The attributes that distinguish archaea from bacteria are not the sort that would quicken the pulse of any but a biologist.
b. Of any kind other than (that specified).
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1598 tr. J. de Serres Hist. Coll. 266 He prohibited all publike exercise of any but the Romish religion.
1677 W. Hughes Man of Sin ii. i. 9 That the Apostles should leave the Care of all the Churches, to take up that of one Particular Church,..can never go down with any but a Roman Swallow.
1727 S. Switzer Pract. Kitchen Gardiner vii. lvi. 295 Some few tops [of parsley] may be indeed used in sallets, but it is a little too coarse for any but rusticated palates.
1789 W. Cowper Let. 22 Apr. (1982) III. 279 The burthen..too heavy for any but Atlantean shoulders.
1826 M. Wilmot Let. 25 Sept. (1935) 250 My eyes are too weak to count the threads of any but coarse canvas.
1880 W. MacCormac Antiseptic Surg. 103 The volatility of the acid renders any but recently prepared gauze untrustworthy.
1939 Archit. Rev. 86 62/1 It is scarcely conceivable that any but an American designer would have designed such a building: it is ‘styling’ applied to architecture.
2004 B. Greene Fabric of Cosmos 513 The wavefunction..is merely a theoretical tool for making (probabilistic) predictions and should not be accorded any but mathematical reality.
P2. any and every: each without exception (of the specified kind); every single; each and every. Cf. all and sundry at all adj., pron., n., adv., and conj. Phrases 5b.
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1558–9 Act 1 Elizabeth I c. 20 in Statutes of Realm (1963) IV. i. 382 And of every Twentye shillinges value of Tynne and Pewter Vessell caried oute of thy yor Realme by any and every Marchaunte Alyen dij d. over and above the xij d. aforesayd.
1587 J. Bridges Def. Govt. Church of Eng. v. 462 His authoritie excelled any and euery one of his fellowes.
a1651 Disc. Difference Long Prayers 11 in R. Steward Several Short, but Seasonable Disc. (1684) Their hands were imployed in any and every of their works upon earth.
1793 T. Jefferson Rep. 16 Dec. in Public & Private Papers (1990) 120 Where a nation refuses permission to our merchants and factors to reside within certain parts of their dominions, we may..refuse residence to theirs in any and every part of ours.
1833 J. Forbes et al. Cycl. Pract. Med. II. 378/2 The term misplaced gout..has been applied to any and every incidental disease occurring in a gouty habit.
1888 Sat. Rev. 4 Aug. 133/1 Those who..profess themselves willing to take, ‘lying down’, any and every inconvenience that the victorious Irish may inflict.
1956 A. Wilson Anglo-Saxon Attitudes i. iv. 172 The brother..is a modern Churchman, which means, as far as I can see, an attachment to any and every belief save the dogmas of his own religion.
2005 Times Lit. Suppl. 4 Mar. 20/1 Betrayal, booze and bad luck put paid to any and every scheme.
P3. any day (also minute, moment, time, etc.): (anticipating a possible event or outcome) very soon; imminently; within a short time. Also in form any day now and variants.Cf. any day (of the week) at day n. Phrases 9g.
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1770 L. Carter Diary 31 Aug. (1965) I. 479 Those hands..might any time produce me 500 bushels of wheat which they could not do when sown in Tobacco ground.
1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre II. v. 132 A crater-crust which may crack and spue fire any day.
1865 ‘L. Carroll’ Alice's Adventures in Wonderland viii. 122 Alice..had not as yet had any dispute with the Queen, but she knew that it might happen any minute.
1924 P. G. Wodehouse Bill the Conqueror ii. 32 He said this girl..might be leaving the party any moment now.
1956 W. Golding Pincher Martin (1960) 139 I shall be rescued any day now.
2001 C. Glazebrook Madolescents 17 Baby Nathan looks as if he could wake up and start bawling for his dinner any second.
P4. Originally and chiefly U.S. any which way: in any way whatsoever; in whatever way; (also) in a random way, haphazardly. Cf. every which way adv.
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1831 Star & Republican Banner (Gettysburg, Pa.) 27 Dec. I can make nayther head not tail to it—nor swallow it up not down—nor git it any which way at all at all.
1860 T. C. Haliburton Season-ticket ii. 53 But bleedin' at the heart, marm, is sudden death any which way you fix it.
1936 C. Day Life with Father 213 After the first two or three drawers had had their upper levels fixed up, things were pushed into the others any which way, and when she was through they were locked.
1974 T. P. Whitney tr. A. Solzhenitsyn Gulag Archipel. I. i. v. 193 The tractor was driven any which way by whoever happened along and was quickly ruined.
2005 Olive July 135/1 The locals continue to prepare it any which way, pounding it, mincing it, marinating it, frying it, steaming it, grilling it and stewing it in gravy.
P5. any good: (in predicative use, chiefly in negative, interrogative, and conditional contexts) at all good (in various senses); of any ability, competence, quality, utility, or value. [Perhaps originally after no good.]
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1866 Good Words Jan. 2/2 The blacksmith’s house, you know, was burned down, and his kind of a register-—if it was any good, and I am sure I don’t know if it was any good—and then that woman died.
1880 Harper's Mag. June 138/1 And when I buy a goose unplucked, if his quills are any good, his legs won't carve, and his gizzard is full of gravel-stones!
1901 Punch 31 July 88/2 Oh, chuck it! I never was any good at arithmetic!
1914 C. E. A. Philipps Let. 13 Nov. in L. Housman War Lett. Fallen Englishmen (2002) 213 Nothing can shift our squadron unless a Black Maria happens to do us in, as no trench is any good against them.
1985 Guardian 15 July 1/8 Are work shadow schemes any good?
2014 S. Dharmapala Saree (2015) 28 You must practise designing to be any good at it.
P6. colloquial.
a. any old: any person or thing of a specified type without distinction or discrimination; any —— whatsoever. Cf. sense A. 3 and old adj. 16c.
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [adjective] > not specified > of any kind
any kinsOE
anyOE
any kinc1175
any old1896
1833 R. Sharp Diary 5 Mar. (1997) 407 Newlove was selling his Furniture by Auction yesterday..; we neither wanted any old Riff Raff, nor had any Money to waste in it.]
1896 G. Ade Artie xviii. 171 Any old farmer..could buy up him and a hundred more like him.
1911 R. W. Chambers Common Law ii. 63 ‘Would you like to have a chance to study?’..‘Study? What?’ ‘Sculpture—any old thing!’
1958 B. Hamilton Too Much of Water iv. 78 His steward..just shoves some fruit in his cabin, any old time.
2002 M. McGrath Silvertown (2003) viii. 86 Len likes his morning slice. And not just any old slice, but the right kind of slice fried in the right kind of way.
b. any old thing: see thing n.1 Phrases 15.
c. any old how.
(a) In any case; at any rate. Cf. anyhow adv. 3a.
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > [adverb] > at all events, at any rate
alwayc1405
alwaysa1413
of all hands1548
when all is said and done?1570
after all1590
howevera1616
at all rates1667
at any rate1730
whether or no1784
anyhow1799
anyways1828
anyhows1830
anyway1832
any road1855
anywise1859
whatever1870
any old how1900
anyhoo1924
nohow1926
anyroads1929
1900 L. S. Dorr Mills of Gods ii. 11 I'd like to know what he was after. If it was to find out how many Dacres there be, he didn't get full measure, pressed down, running over, any old how.
1924 P. Creswick Beaten Path xxxiii. 183 Yes, she likes me. But liking's nothing. Well, any old how, I had to tell you.
1958 F. Norman Bang to Rights ii. 34 Any old how..he managed to get behind him.
1995 K. Coles Measurable World ii. vi. 141 I'd say you were lucky to get him, any old how.
(b) In a haphazard manner; unmethodically, carelessly. Cf. anyhow adv. 2.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adverb] > unmethodically
immethodically1624
amethodically1631
unmethodically1632
desultorily1664
any old how1904
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > [adverb] > hastily or haphazardly
scramblingly1652
any old how1904
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > irregular [phrase] > at random
at random1543
any old how1933
1904 E. C. Wilson Pedagogues & Parents x. 201 The teacher hunts down the examples in various arithmetics, writes them on the board, often hurriedly..; he does it accurately, perhaps, but ‘any old how’.
1933 Punch 23 Aug. 216/1 Scenes like a splash of confetti Hurled any old how.
1937 M. Hillis Orchids on your Budget v. 81 The kind of woman who gets herself up any-old-how..deserves just what she gets.
2008 P. Hensher Northern Clemency 179 As you went into the mine, the passages were more and more provisional,..the sides just hacked out any old how.
d. Originally U.S. any old way: in no particular manner or order; in any way whatsoever; ‘any old how’.
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1936 Sat. Evening Post 8 Feb. 17 [A fighter] named Connie McVey.., willing to pick up money any old way.
1995 Gusto! June 38/1 Strawberries are sexy. Eat them any old way—moussed, marinated in red wine..or topped with chocolate.
2003 C. Birch Turn again Home xvi. 216 The terrorists were dead, killed by rockets and bombs... There were eight of them, lying where they'd been thrown, any old way.
P7.
a. not to have any (of it, that, this): to want no part in something; to turn down a proposition, reject an overture. Later also in more positive sense: to refuse to accept or tolerate something. Usually in continuous tenses. Cf. not to be taking any at take v. Phrases 5e.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > statement > refusal > [verb (transitive)] > reject
awarpc1000
forwerpeOE
warpc1000
nillOE
warnc1300
reprovec1350
to put abacka1382
to throw awaya1382
repugnc1384
to put awaya1387
waivec1386
forshoota1400
disavowc1400
defyc1405
disprovec1430
repelc1443
flemea1450
to put backa1500
reject?1504
refutea1513
repulse1533
refel1548
repudiate1548
disallowa1555
project?1567
expel1575
discard1578
overrule1578
forsay1579
check1601
decard1605
dismiss1608
reprobate1609
devow1610
retorta1616
disclaimc1626
noforsootha1644
respuate1657
reluctate1668
negative1778
no-ball1862
basket1867
to set one's foot down1873
not to have any (of it, that, this)1895
to put down1944
eighty-six1959
neg1987
1895 Chambers's Jrnl. 7 Dec. 776/2 Oh! if there's any hocus-pocus to be done, why, I'm not having any.
1905 A. Henderson in E. T. Whittaker et al. Man's Place in Creation 35 The verdict pronounced by the masses has been: ‘If this is religion..then I am not having any of it.’
1923 D. H. Lawrence Stud. Classic Amer. Lit. vii. 133 Hester urges Dimmesdale to go away with her, to a new country, to a new life. He isn't having any.
1940 J. Hanley Our Time is Gone 456 Come on, you! Not having any of this now!
1951 J. Steinbeck Burning Bright i. 24 I came in to tell you once and finally what I think of that stuff you were telling me. I won't have any of it.
1990 J. Buffong in N. Payne & J. Buffong Jump-up-and-kiss-me 189 Mammy wasn't having any of that. She said anybody who ‘don't wash their hand’ is not staying in her house.
2000 D. Ginsberg Waiting x. 255 He pointed out to the waitress that she'd charged him incorrectly, but she wasn't having any of it.
b. not to get any change out of: see change n. Phrases 5e.
P8.
a. at any cost: see cost n.3 Phrases 2a. at any price: see price n. 7. at any rate: see rate n.1 Phrases 3. by any chance: see chance n., adj., and adv. Phrases 1. by any (manner of) means: see mean n.3 Phrases 4. in any case: see case n.1 Phrases 4b. in any sense: see sense n. 7. in any shape or form: see shape n.1 9b.
b. any other business: see business n. Phrases 25. any chance of: see chance n., adj., and adv. Additions. any gate: see gate n.2 2. to get any: see get v. Phrases 2f. any port in a storm: see port n.1 3c.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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