Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary -- Volume ABBefore you go any farther. A"ny·bod·y (?), n. 1. Any one out of an indefinite number of persons; anyone; any person. His Majesty could not keep any secret from anybody. 2. A person of consideration or standing. [Colloq.] All the men belonged exclusively to the mechanical and shopkeeping classes, and there was not a single banker or anybody in the list. A"ny·how` (?), adv. In any way or manner whatever; at any rate; in any event. Anyhow, it must be acknowledged to be not a simple selforiginated error. Anyhow, the languages of the two nations were closely allied. A"ny·one (?), n. One taken at random rather than by selection; anybody. [Commonly written as two words.] 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? They do not know that anything is amiss with them. |