anymore

adverb Date: 14th century 1. any longer <

I was not moving anymore with my feet — Anaïs Nin

> 2. at the present time ; now <

hardly a day passes without rain anymore

> Usage: Although both anymore and any more are found in written use, in the 20th century anymore is the more common styling. Anymore is regularly used in negative <

no one can be natural anymore — May Sarton

>, interrogative <

do you read much anymore?

>, and conditional <

if you do that anymore, I'll leave

> contexts and in certain positive constructions <

the Washingtonian is too sophisticated to believe anymore in solutions — Russell Baker

>. In many regions of the United States the use of anymore in sense 2 is quite common in positive constructions, especially in speech <

everybody's cool anymore — Bill White

> <

every time we leave the house anymore, I play a game called “Stump the Housebreaker” — Erma Bombeck

>. The positive use appears to have been of Midland origin, but it is now reported to be widespread in all speech areas of the United States except New England.