ifsoeveradv.
Etymology: After when-, wheresoever.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ifsoˈever.
1857 T. De Quincey Secret Societies Suppl. Note in VII. 300 Some bold fictions that should for ever stop the mouth of the Christian, whensoever or ifsoever any opening dawned for uttering a gleam of truth.
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