Definition of Anything

A´ny`thing
n.1.Any object, act, state, event, or fact whatever; thing of any kind; something or other; aught; as, I would not do it for anything.
Did you ever know of anything so unlucky?
- A. Trollope.
They do not know that anything is amiss with them.
- W. G. Sumner.
2.Expressing an indefinite comparison; - with as or like.
I fear your girl will grow as proud as anything.
- Richardson.
Anything but
not at all or in any respect.
Anything like
in any respect; at all; as, I can not give anything like a fair sketch of his trials.
- Hawthorne.
adv.1.In any measure; anywise; at all.
Mine old good will and hearty affection towards you is not . . . anything at all quailed.
- Robynson (More's Utopia).


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