A certain (unspecified) amount, part, degree, or extent of (something), frequently implying ‘not little, considerable’. †In Old English also with the…

Any whatever. In early use usually following without (in Old English †bout). Now usually following beyond (as beyond all question, beyond all doubt…

With quantitative force. With plural or mass noun: used to refer to a number, however great or small, of (separable things), or a quantity or amount…