pronoun. Any object, occurrence, or matter whatever.

adverb. To any degree or extent; at all.

noun. Something or someone of importance.

idiom. (anything but) By no means; not at all.

idiom. (anything goes) Anything is permissible or likely to be tolerated.

idiom. (like anything) To an exceeding degree.

Any whit; in any degree; to any extent; at all.

A thing, indefinitely; something or other, no matter what: opposed to nothing: as, have you anything to eat? I do not see anything; give me anything.

[From its indeterminate signification, anything is often used colloquially in comparisons, as emphatically comprehensive of whatever simile may suggest itself or be appropriate, especially in the comparative phrases as… as anything, like anything, equivalent to ‘exceedingly,’ ‘greatly.’

noun. Any object, act, state, event, or fact whatever; thing of any kind; something or other; aught.

noun. Expressing an indefinite comparison; -- with as or like.

noun. not at all or in any respect.

noun. in any respect; at all.

adverb. In any measure; anywise; at all.

adverb. In any way, any extent or any degree.

pronoun. Any object, act, state, event, or fact whatever; thing of any kind; something or other; aught.

pronoun. Expressing an indefinite comparison.

noun. Someone or something of importance.

"Even considering a single book, or the making of a pencil, or anything *anything* in our lives: consider everything lying behind it - does anyone seriously believe that this is an outcome of external forces and lumps that just happen to come together in something that is layered, absolutely slathered, in meaning?"

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