anywhen, adv.
(ˈɛnɪˌhwɛn)
[See any 9.]
Indefinite compound of when: At any time, ever. Rare in literature, but common in southern dialects.
| 1831 Carlyle Sart. Res. (1858) 159 And, simply by wishing that you were Anywhen, straightway to be Then! 1845 ― Cromwell Introd., There has been none braver anywhere or anywhen. 1878 R. B. Smith Carthage 333 Now, if anywhen, we might have expected that, etc. |