All 20 Uses of
however
in
Ender's Game
- For a moment, the others backed away and Stilson lay motionless. They were all wondering if he was dead. Ender, however, was trying to figure out a way to forestall vengeance.
Chpt 1 (definition 1)however = in contrast (used to connect contrasting ideas)
- Gravity could go any which way. However I want it to go. I can make Graff stand on his head and he doesn't even know it.
Chpt 4 (definition 2)however = in whatever way
- In gravity, the boy would have been jammed against Ender's seat back, hurting his chest. In null gravity, however, he flipped over the seat completely, up toward the ceiling.
Chpt 4 (definition 1)however = though (used to connect contrasting ideas)
- During the army's drills in the afternoon, Ender was ordered to bring his desk and do his schoolwork, sitting in a corner of the room. ... Ender did not do his schoolwork, however.
Chpt 7 (definition 1)
- The battlerooms he had practiced in always had their doors at floor level. For real battles, however, the door was set in the middle of the wall, as far from the floor as from the ceiling.
Chpt 7 (definition 1)
- Bonzo was hopelessly confused, and so were his men. Leopard seemed to have men in every direction. However, the battle was not as lopsided as it seemed.
Chpt 7 (definition 1)however = a word used to connect contrasting ideas as when using though, in spite of that, in contrast, nevertheless, etc.
- ...the battle was not as lopsided as it seemed. What mattered, however, was that Salamander felt defeated.
Chpt 7 (definition 1)however = though (used to connect contrasting ideas)
- And Ender, however often he vowed that he would not, always went back there, always killed the snake, always looked his brother in the face, and always, no matter what he did next, died.
Chpt 9 (definition 3)however = regardless of how
- Soldiers were kept aware of an army's overall record for the past two years; in here, however, records were kept for each commander.
Chpt 11 (definition 1)however = though (used to connect contrasting ideas)
- There was a test tomorrow in geometry and Bean was woefully unprepared. ... As soon as he signed on, however, all thoughts of geometry were banished.
Chpt 11 (definition 1)
- As they walked the corridor, Ender noticed several older boys seemingly.... It became too much of a coincidence, however, that so many of them were wearing Salamander uniforms, and that those who weren't were often older boys belonging to armies whose commanders most hated Ender Wiggin.
Chpt 12 (definition 1)
- Many were smiling, the condescending leer of the hunter for his cornered victim. Bonzo was not smiling, however.
Chpt 12 (definition 1)
- He tried to put a name on the feeling that put a lump in his throat and made him sob silently, however much he tried to hold it down.
Chpt 12 (definition 3) *however = regardless of how
- Only their temperaments are different. What surprised him, however, was the orientation of the two personas.
Chpt 13 (definition 1)however = though (used to connect contrasting ideas)
- ...the tug was linked to fourteen barges. Graff dropped his ball into the reader again, however, and the barges were uncoupled from the tug.
Chpt 13 (definition 1)
- ...they looked insectlike to human beings. ... However, their antennae seemed almost vestigial.
Chpt 13 (definition 1) *
- Their communication, however they do it, is instantaneous.
Chpt 13 (definition 2) *however = in whatever way
- At any time he could take personal command of one of the fighters for a short time, and at first he did this often; when he did, however, the other three fighters in his squadron were soon destroyed, and as the games became harder and harder he had to spend more and more of his time commanding the squadron.
Chpt 14 (definition 1)however = though (used to connect contrasting ideas)
- Ender grouped his reserves in two forces that shadowed Alai at a safe distance.... It was Alai, however, who played the delicate game with the enemy.
Chpt 14 (definition 1)
- His fleet seemed to melt into chaos. ... After a few minutes of battle, however, Ender whispered to his squadron leaders once more, and suddenly a dozen of the remaining fighters formed again into a formation.
Chpt 14 (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 you do it, get it done!) in whatever way
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(3) (however as in: However much she tried...) to whatever degree (regardless of how much; or whatever unspecified amount)