Part 523

<blockquote>You are not to go loose <b>any</b> longer. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Before you go <b>any</b> farther. <i>Steele.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Anybody</h1> <Xpage=<hw>Anx*i"e*ty</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Anxieties</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>anxietas</ets>, fr. <ets>anxius</ets>: cf. F. <ets>anxi\'82t\'82</ets>. See <er>Anxious</er>.]</ety>67 <p><b>1.</b> <def>Concern or solicitude respecting some thing o<?/<?/vent, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness.</def>>

<hw>A"ny*bod*y</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Any one out of an indefinite number of persons; anyone; any person.</def>

<blockquote>His Majesty could not keep any secret from <b>anybody</b>. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A person of consideration or standing.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<blockquote>All the men belonged exclusively to the mechanical and shopkeeping classes, and there was not a single banker or <b>anybody</b> in the list. <i>Lond. Sat. Rev.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Anyhow</h1> <Xpage=<hw>Anx*i"e*ty</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Anxieties</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>anxietas</ets>, fr. <ets>anxius</ets>: cf. F. <ets>anxi\'82t\'82</ets>. See <er>Anxious</er>.]</ety>67 <p><b>1.</b> <def>Concern or solicitude respecting some thing o<?/<?/vent, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness.</def>>

<hw>A"ny*how`</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In any way or manner whatever; at any rate; in any event.</def>

<blockquote><b>Anyhow</b>, it must be acknowledged to be not a simple selforiginated error. <i>J. H. Newman.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Anyhow</b>, the languages of the two nations were closely allied. <i>E. A. Freeman.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Anyone</h1> <Xpage=<hw>Anx*i"e*ty</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Anxieties</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>anxietas</ets>, fr. <ets>anxius</ets>: cf. F. <ets>anxi\'82t\'82</ets>. See <er>Anxious</er>.]</ety>67 <p><b>1.</b> <def>Concern or solicitude respecting some thing o<?/<?/vent, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness.</def>>

<hw>A"ny*one</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One taken at random rather than by selection; anybody. <note>[Commonly written as two words.]</note></def>

<h1>Anything</h1> <Xpage=<hw>Anx*i"e*ty</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Anxieties</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>anxietas</ets>, fr. <ets>anxius</ets>: cf. F. <ets>anxi\'82t\'82</ets>. See <er>Anxious</er>.]</ety>67 <p><b>1.</b> <def>Concern or solicitude respecting some thing o<?/<?/vent, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness.</def>>

<hw>A"ny*thing</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Any object, act, state, event, or fact whatever; thing of any kind; something or other; aught; <as>as, I would not do it for <ex>anything</ex></as>.</def>

<blockquote>Did you ever know of <b>anything</b> so unlucky? <i>A. Trollope.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>They do not know that <b>anything</b> is amiss with them. <i>W. G. Sumner.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Expressing an indefinite comparison; -- with <i>as</i> or <i>like</i>.</def> <mark>[Colloq. or Lowx]</mark>

<blockquote>I fear your girl will grow as proud as <b>anything</b>. <i>Richardson.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; <i>Any thing</i>, written as two words, is now commonly used in contradistinction to <i>any person</i> or <i>anybody</i>. Formerly it was also separated when used in the wider sense. "Necessity drove them to undertake <i>any thing</i> and venture <i>any thing</i>."</note>

<i>De Foe.</i>

<cs><col>Anything but</col>, <cd>not at all or in any respect.</cd> "The battle was a rare one, and the victory <i>anything but<i> secure." <i>Hawthorne</i>. -- <col>Anything like</col>, <cd>in any respect; at all; <as>as, I can not give <ex>anything like<ex> a fair sketch of his trials</as>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Anything</h1> <Xpage=<hw>Anx*i"e*ty</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Anxieties</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>anxietas</ets>, fr. <ets>anxius</ets>: cf. F. <ets>anxi\'82t\'82</ets>. See <er>Anxious</er>.]</ety>67 <p><b>1.</b> <def>Concern or solicitude respecting some thing o<?/<?/vent, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness.</def>>

<hw>A"ny*thing</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In any measure; anywise; at all.</def>

<blockquote>Mine old good will and hearty affection towards you is not . . . <b>anything</b> at all quailed. <i>Robynson (More's Utopia).</i></blockquote>

<h1>Anythingarian</h1> <Xpage=<hw>Anx*i"e*ty</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Anxieties</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>anxietas</ets>, fr. <ets>anxius</ets>: cf. F. <ets>anxi\'82t\'82</ets>. See <er>Anxious</er>.]</ety>67 <p><b>1.</b> <def>Concern or solicitude respecting some thing o<?/<?/vent, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness.</def>>

<hw>A`ny*thing*a"ri*an</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who holds to no particular creed or dogma.</def>

<h1>Anyway, Anyways</h1> <Xpage=<hw>Anx*i"e*ty</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Anxieties</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>anxietas</ets>, fr. <ets>anxius</ets>: cf. F. <ets>anxi\'82t\'82</ets>. See <er>Anxious</er>.]</ety>67 <p><b>1.</b> <def>Concern or solicitude respecting some thing o<?/<?/vent, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness.</def>>