All 18 Uses of
however
in
Babbitt
- As to industrial conditions, however, Babbitt had thought a great deal, and his opinions may be coordinated as follows: "A good labor union is of value because it keeps out radical unions, which would destroy property."
Chpt 4 (definition 1)however = a word used to connect contrasting ideas as when using though, in spite of that, in contrast, nevertheless, etc.
- No one ought to be forced to belong to a union, however.†
Chpt 4 (definition 1)
- However intimate they might be with T. Cholmondeley Frink as a neighbor, as a borrower of lawn-mowers and monkey-wrenches, they knew that he was also a Famous Poet and a distinguished advertising-agent; that behind his easiness were sultry literary mysteries which they could not penetrate.†
Chpt 8 *
- However accustomed to the literary labors of advertisements and correspondence, Babbitt was dismayed on the evening when he sat down to prepare a paper which would take a whole ten minutes to read.†
Chpt 13 (definition 1)
- However enlivening a Pullman smoking-compartment was by night, even to Babbitt it was depressing in the morning, when it was jammed with fat men in woolen undershirts, every hook filled with wrinkled cottony shirts, the leather seat piled with dingy toilet-kits, and the air nauseating with the smell of soap and toothpaste.†
Chpt 13 (definition 1)
- Our greatness, however, lies not alone in punchful prosperity but equally in that public spirit, that forward-looking idealism and brotherhood, which has marked Zenith ever since its foundation by the Fathers.
Chpt 14 (definition 1)however = a word used to connect contrasting ideas as when using though, in spite of that, in contrast, nevertheless, etc.
- I believe, however, in keeping the best to the last.
Chpt 14 (definition 1) *
- Babbitt was uncertain, however, about what he called "this business of Hell."
Chpt 16 (definition 1)
- The kernel of his practical religion was that it was respectable, and beneficial to one's business, to be seen going to services; that the church kept the Worst Elements from being still worse; and that the pastor's sermons, however dull they might seem at the time of taking, yet had a voodooistic power which "did a fellow good—kept him in touch with Higher Things."†
Chpt 16 (definition 1)
- What Babbitt saw, however, was the First Congregational Church of Catawba.
Chpt 16 (definition 1)however = a word used to connect contrasting ideas as when using though, in spite of that, in contrast, nevertheless, etc.
- However lax he might be about early rising and the prosody of Vergil, he was tireless in tinkering.†
Chpt 18 (definition 1)
- Nine hundred and twenty of the thousand chapters, however, are in the United States.
Chpt 21 (definition 1)however = a word used to connect contrasting ideas as when using though, in spite of that, in contrast, nevertheless, etc.
- He persistently kept behind Babbitt, and however much his shoulders ached from the pack, however sorely he panted, Babbitt could hear his guide panting equally.
Chpt 25 (definition 2) *however = regardless of how
- He persistently kept behind Babbitt, and however much his shoulders ached from the pack, however sorely he panted, Babbitt could hear his guide panting equally.
Chpt 25 (definition 2)
- However appealingly she might turn to him when they were alone, she was gravely detached when they were abroad, and he hoped that she would be taken for a client.†
Chpt 29 (definition 1)
- He had ceased saying, "I WILL quit!" for however resolute he might be at dawn, he could not, for a single evening, check his drift.†
Chpt 29 (definition 2)
- ) His vision grew blurred, however, as he applied himself to Healey Hanson's raw but vigorous whisky.
Chpt 29 (definition 1)however = a word used to connect contrasting ideas as when using though, in spite of that, in contrast, nevertheless, etc.
- In contrast to the complacent Myra he saw her as swift and air-borne and radiant, a fire-spirit tenderly stooping to the hearth, and however pitifully he brooded on his wife, he longed to be with Tanis.†
Chpt 30 (definition 1)
Definitions:
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(1) (however as in: However, complications may...) though (or another expression that connects contrasting ideas)
(Based on idea 1 we might not expect idea 2, but this is a way of saying that even though idea 1 exists, we still have idea 2. Synonyms include in spite of that, despite that, nevertheless, nonetheless, on the other hand, in contrastand but.)
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(2) (however as in: However much she tried...) to whatever degree (regardless of how much; or whatever unspecified amount)
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(however as in: However you do it, get it done!) in whatever way