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anywhere, adv.|ˈɛnɪhwɛə(r), ˈɛnɪhwə(r)|
[See any 9; not in early use; the earlier owhere, oughwhere, and aywhere, came down to 1485.]
a. In any place. The indefinite compound of where. Formerly written separately.
c1300Cursor M. (Gött.) 3975 If he miht him aniquar ta. c1450Song in Reliq. Ant. II. 240 Tabberys gloson eny whare, And gode feyth comys all byhynde. 1587Golding De Mornay xv. 234 How is it possible that they should be..from aniwhere els than from aboue? 1673Ray Jrny. thro' Low Countries 20 The best we have any where seen. 1766Goldsm. Vic. W. xiv. (1806) 70 You'll do it at neighbour Jackson's, or anywhere. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 208 Anywhere except in the high streets of royal burghs.
b. Used with from{ddd}to, to indicate limits of variation. U.S.
1897Outing XXIX. 471/1 The tarpon will be anywhere from fifty to three hundred feet away when the boat is ready to follow him. 1909‘O. Henry’ Options (1916) 13 I'll guarantee an increase of anywhere from ten thousand to a hundred thousand a year. |