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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
One or some or every or all without specification
Example:
no milk whatsoever is left
Synonyms:
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Similar:
some ((quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity)
II. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
To any degree or extent
Example:
it isn't any better
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Context examples:
This observation of his had the natural effect of removing any traces of doubt which might have remained in the minds of the coroner’s jury.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He now begs them to search with most sedulous care, and should any of the same quality be left, forward it to him at once.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Can you ask me, then, whether I am ready to look into any new problem, however trivial it may prove?
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“If there's any doubt about the matter, he is,” returned the doctor.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
I had no fear, therefore, that any circumstantial evidence could be brought forward strong enough to convict her.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
Saints are they, if in this age any may merit so high a name.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
But the driver had already climbed back into his perch, laughing as loudly as any of his companions.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Abiotrophia defectiva.
(Abiotrophia defectiva, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
Destructive or removal of any part of the endocrine system by surgical means, including the use of lasers or electrical current.
(Ablative Endocrine Surgery, NCI Thesaurus)
Deviating in any way from the state, position, structure, condition, behavior, or rule which is considered a norm.
(Abnormal, NCI Thesaurus)
