anymore definition - Dictionary

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an·y·more [ ènnee máwr ] or an·y more

adverb

Definition:

1. still: at present and continuing from a point in the past ( used in negative statements and questions )

They sure don't make them like this anymore!

2. from now on: from the present and ongoing ( used in negative statements and questions )

I'm not tolerating this anymore.

3. nowadays: these days ( nonstandard or regional ) ( used in positive sentences )

We always use a taxi anymore.

Word Usage


	anymore or any more? Anymore is an adverb: She doesn't live here anymore.Don't you eat out anymore? The two-word form any more refers to any unspecified additional amount, as in Is there any more pasta left? The two should not be confused.

Regional History


	The use of anymore in the positive sense of "nowadays," as in Asparagus is expensive anymore, occurs over much of the United States. It is most frequent in the South Midland states of Kentucky and Indiana, but is also fairly common in the Upper and Lower Midwest, from Minnesota to Oklahoma, and in the Blue Ridge region of Virginia.