Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Any
any, adj. [OE án, one + ig, adj. suffix.] (webplay: against, many, none, nor knoweth any man the Father, one, sell, small, some, uncertain).
- [Not] even one.
- The least; the slightest; even a little bit of.
- Another; alternative.
- Whatsoever; whatever; indefinite; indeterminate; unspecified; no matter which.
- Phrase. “Any more”: henceforth; from now on; from this time forward.
- Phrase. “Any one”: anyone; whatever person; one of the people.
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