som helst
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Swedish[edit]
Prepositional phrase[edit]
- (in "vilken X som helst") any X
- Han kan komma vilken dag som helst
- He could arrive any day
- (in "hur X som helst") extremely
- Älgen var hur stor som helst!
- The moose was extremely big!
- Vi fick betala hur mycket som helst i böter!
- We had to pay such a huge fine!
- (in negated expressions like "inga som helst" and "inte några som helst") whatsoever (as an intensifier)
- Han får inte under några som helst omständigheter släppas in på basen
- He must not under any circumstances whatsoever be let into the base
- Vi hade inga som helst rättigheter
- We had no rights whatsoever
Usage notes[edit]
Intuitively "without limit"/"infinitely" in (sense 2), in a usually hyperbolic sense.