adv.
Pronunciation: ˌ e-n ē - ' mo ̇ r
Function: 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 U.S. 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 U.S. except New England.