All 50 Uses of
however
in
Anna Karenina
- However, we can go into that later.
Part 1however = a word used to connect contrasting ideas as when using though, in spite of that, in contrast, nevertheless, etc.
- However, I'm not saying so much what I think, as what I feel.
Part 1
- Before you've time to look round, you feel that you can't love your wife with love, however much you may esteem her.
Part 1however = regardless of how
- And, however much it was instilled into the princess that in our times young people ought to arrange their lives for themselves, she was unable to believe it, just as she would have been unable to believe that, at any time whatever, the most suitable playthings for children five years old ought to be loaded pistols.
Part 1
- However, she was so anxious for the marriage itself, and still more for relief from her fears, that she believed it was so.
Part 1however = a word used to connect contrasting ideas as when using though, in spite of that, in contrast, nevertheless, etc.
- Madame Karenina, however, did not wait for her brother, but catching sight of him she stepped out with her light, resolute step.
Part 1
- The laborers with us, the peasants, bear all the burden of labor, and are so placed that however much they work they can't escape from their position of beasts of burden.
Part 1however = regardless of how
- However, I had finished….
Part 2however = a word used to connect contrasting ideas as when using though, in spite of that, in contrast, nevertheless, etc.
- However often you see her, every day she's different.
Part 2however = regardless of how
- However often he told himself that he was in no wise to blame in it, that recollection, like other humiliating reminiscences of a similar kind, made him twinge and blush.
Part 2
- He knew that however much they tried, they could not hire more than forty—thirty-seven perhaps or thirty-eight— laborers for a reasonable sum.
Part 2
- Woman, don't you know, is such a subject that however much you study it, it's always perfectly new.
Part 2
- …which he showed for the most part by being able to drink like a fish, and do without sleep without being in the slightest degree affected by it; and for his great strength of character, which he showed in his relations with his comrades and superior officers, commanding both fear and respect, and also at cards, when he would play for tens of thousands and however much he might have drunk, always with such skill and decision that he was reckoned the best player in the English Club.
Part 2
- Varenka came, however, in the evening and brought a roll of music with her.
Part 2however = a word used to connect contrasting ideas as when using though, in spite of that, in contrast, nevertheless, etc.
- While awaiting the time for carrying out her plans on a large scale, however, Kitty, even then at the springs, where there were so many people ill and unhappy, readily found a chance for practicing her new principles in imitation of Varenka.
Part 2
- But however fast they worked, they did not spoil the grass, and the rows were laid just as neatly and exactly.
Part 3however = regardless of how
- On the morning, however, all was happily arranged, and towards ten o'clock—the time at which they had asked the priest to wait for them for the mass—the children in their new dresses, with beaming faces, stood on the step before the carriage waiting for their mother.
Part 3however = a word used to connect contrasting ideas as when using though, in spite of that, in contrast, nevertheless, etc.
- However, now that the glove had been thrown down to him, he had boldly picked it up and demanded the appointment of a special commission to investigate and verify the working of the Board of Irrigation of the lands in the Zaraisky province.
Part 3
- She felt that the position in the world that she enjoyed, and that had seemed to her of so little consequence in the morning, that this position was precious to her, that she would not have the strength to exchange it for the shameful position of a woman who has abandoned husband and child to join her lover; that however much she might struggle, she could not be stronger than herself.
Part 3however = regardless of how
- The unexpected young visitor, whom Sappho had invited, and whom she had forgotten, was, however, a personage of such consequence that, in spite of his youth, both the ladies rose on his entrance.
Part 3however = a word used to connect contrasting ideas as when using though, in spite of that, in contrast, nevertheless, etc.
- These fits of jealousy, which of late had been more and more frequent with her, horrified him, and however much he tried to disguise the fact, made him feel cold to her, although he knew the cause of her jealousy was her love for him.
Part 4however = regardless of how
- Alexey Alexandrovitch was, however, so perturbed that he did not immediately comprehend all the good sense of adultery by mutual consent, and his eyes expressed this uncertainty; but the lawyer promptly came to his assistance.
Part 4however = a word used to connect contrasting ideas as when using though, in spite of that, in contrast, nevertheless, etc.
- "However, we won't discuss it."
Part 4
- However hard it is for you, believe me, it is more terrible for me.
Part 4however = regardless of how
- She did not look at her husband, and was evidently in haste to have everything out, however hard it might be for her.
Part 4
- However, if….
Part 4however = a word used to connect contrasting ideas as when using though, in spite of that, in contrast, nevertheless, etc.
- Noticing, however, that Mihailov was expecting a criticism of the picture, he said: "Your picture has got on a great deal since I saw it last time; and what strikes me particularly now, as it did then, is the figure of Pilate."
Part 5
- They could neither of them eat, however, and for a long while they could not sleep, and did not even go to bed.
Part 5 *
- After dinner, however, Kitty got up and went as usual with her work to the sick man.
Part 5
- He felt he was not to blame for not having learned the lesson; however much he tried, he was utterly unable to do that.
Part 5however = regardless of how
- He smiled, however, and went up to Kitty.
Part 6however = a word used to connect contrasting ideas as when using though, in spite of that, in contrast, nevertheless, etc.
- But apart from that, however much I searched, I should never find anything to say against my feeling.
Part 6 *however = regardless of how
- However many women and girls he thought of whom he knew, he could not think of a girl who united to such a degree all, positively all, the qualities he would wish to see in his wife.
Part 6
- Well, but I can tell you: your receiving some five thousand, let's say, for your work on the land, while our host, the peasant here, however hard he works, can never get more than fifty roubles, is just as dishonest as my earning more than my chief clerk, and Malthus getting more than a station-master.
Part 6
- Her husband will give her a divorce, and then I shall go back to my solitude; but now I can be of use, and I am doing my duty, however difficult it may be for me—not like some other people.
Part 6
- One day a son may be born, my son, and he will be legally a Karenin; he will not be the heir of my name nor of my property, and however happy we may be in our home life and however many children we may have, there will be no real tie between us.
Part 6
- One day a son may be born, my son, and he will be legally a Karenin; he will not be the heir of my name nor of my property, and however happy we may be in our home life and however many children we may have, there will be no real tie between us.
Part 6
- And however white and beautiful her bare arms are, however beautiful her full figure and her eager face under her black curls, he will find something better still, just as my disgusting, pitiful, and charming husband does.
Part 6
- And however white and beautiful her bare arms are, however beautiful her full figure and her eager face under her black curls, he will find something better still, just as my disgusting, pitiful, and charming husband does.
Part 6
- However bad the land is, he'll work it.
Part 6however = to whatever degree (regardless of how much; or whatever unspecified amount)
- However hard she tried, she could not love this little child, and to feign love was beyond her powers.
Part 6however = regardless of how
- As soon as she had said it, she felt that however warm his feelings were to her, he had not forgiven her for that.
Part 6
- He'll get his share, however he has to squeeze to get it!
Part 8however = in whatever way
- But, however I screw up my eyes and strain my sight, I cannot see it not round and not bounded, and in spite of my knowing about infinite space, I am incontestably right when I see a solid blue dome, and more right than when I strain my eyes to see beyond it.
Part 8 *
- When he had gone into the little drawing room, where he always had tea, and had settled himself in his armchair with a book, and Agafea Mihalovna had brought him tea, and with her usual, "Well, I'll stay a while, sir," had taken a chair in the window, he felt that, however strange it might be, he had not parted from his daydreams, and that he could not live without them.†
Part 1
- But however are you going to race in this mud?" said the other.†
Part 2
- "I must have physical exercise, or my temper'll certainly be ruined," he thought, and he determined he would go mowing, however awkward he might feel about it with his brother or the peasants.†
Part 3
- Hypocrisy in anything whatever may deceive the cleverest and most penetrating man, but the least wide-awake of children recognizes it, and is revolted by it, however ingeniously it may be disguised.†
Part 3
- "No," he said to himself, "however good that life of simplicity and toil may be, I cannot go back to it.†
Part 3
- But at the bottom of her heart she felt that she was not strong enough to break through anything, that she was not strong enough to get out of her old position, however false and dishonorable it might be.†
Part 3
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.) -
(2)
(however as in: However much she tried...) to whatever degree (regardless of how much; or whatever unspecified amount)
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(3)
(however as in: However you do it, get it done!) in whatever way
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(4)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely (and arguably incorrectly), however can be used to intensify the word how, as when one says "However did you find her?" Grammarians would suggest using two words for that usage: "How ever did you find her?"