anywhere, adv.
(ˈɛnɪhwɛə(r), ˈɛnɪhwə(r))
[See any 9; not in early use; the earlier owhere, oughwhere, and aywhere, came down to 1485.]
a. In any place. The indefinite compound of where. Formerly written separately.
| c 1300 Cursor M. (Gött.) 3975 If he miht him aniquar ta. c 1450 Song in Reliq. Ant. II. 240 Tabberys gloson eny whare, And gode feyth comys all byhynde. 1587 Golding De Mornay xv. 234 How is it possible that they should be..from aniwhere els than from aboue? 1673 Ray Jrny. thro' Low Countries 20 The best we have any where seen. 1766 Goldsm. Vic. W. xiv. (1806) 70 You'll do it at neighbour Jackson's, or anywhere. 1849 Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 208 Anywhere except in the high streets of royal burghs. |
b. Used with from{ddd}to, to indicate limits of variation. U.S.
| 1897 Outing XXIX. 471/1 The tarpon will be anywhere from fifty to three hundred feet away when the boat is ready to follow him. 1909 ‘O. Henry’ Options (1916) 13 I'll guarantee an increase of anywhere from ten thousand to a hundred thousand a year. |