Phonetics:
/wɒtˈɛvə/
/wʌtˈɛvɚ/
Meanings:
adjective
Definition: Unexceptional or unimportant; blah.
Definition: At all, absolutely, whatsoever.
Example: There is no point whatever in going on with this discussion.
pronoun
Definition: No matter what; for any
Example: Whatever he does, he will still lose the game.
Definition: (relative) Anything; sometimes used to indicate that the speaker does not care about options.
Example: I’ll do whatever I can.
interjection
Definition: (dismissive) A holophrastic expression used discourteously to indicate that the speaker does not consider the matter worthy of further discussion.
Example: “For the last time, brush your teeth!” “Whatever!”