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Definition of: whatever
(hwot′ev′ər, hwut′-) pron.
1. As a compound relative, the whole that; anything that; no matter what: often added for emphasis to a negative assertion: whatever makes life dear; I do not want anything whatever.
2. Colloq. What: usually interrogative: Whatever were you saying? Also Poetic what′e'er′ (-âr′).
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