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Definition
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,, nevertheless, nonetheless, on the other hand, in contrastand but.)
(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,
- There was one wing, however, which appeared not to be inhabited at all.Adventure XII — The Adventure of the Copper Beeches (66% in)
however = a word used to connect contrasting ideas as when using though, in spite of that, in contrast, nevertheless, etc.
Other Uses (with this meaning)
- Beyond these signs of his activity, however, which I merely shared with all the readers of the daily press, I knew little of my former friend and companion.Adventure I — A Scandal in Bohemia (5% in)
- I will tell you, however.Adventure I — A Scandal in Bohemia (46% in)
- At the church door, however, they separated, he driving back to the Temple, and she to her own house.Adventure I — A Scandal in Bohemia (60% in)
- I did not gain very much, however, by my inspection.Adventure II — The Red-Headed League (7% in)
- However, when our turn came the little man was much more favourable to me than to any of the others, and he closed the door as we entered, so that he might have a private word with us.Adventure II — The Red-Headed League (29% in)
- You will, however, I am sure, excuse me for taking an obvious precaution.Adventure II — The Red-Headed League (30% in)
- However, in the morning I determined to have a look at it anyhow, so I bought a penny bottle of ink, and with a quill-pen, and seven sheets of foolscap paper, I started off for Pope's Court.Adventure II — The Red-Headed League (38% in)
- It is past ten, however, and quite time that we started.Adventure II — The Red-Headed League (73% in)
- Its disappearance, however, was but momentary.Adventure II — The Red-Headed League (86% in)
- That, however, was out of the question.Adventure II — The Red-Headed League (94% in)
- It is possible, however, that I may have something better before very many minutes are over, for this is one of my clients, or I am much mistaken.Adventure III — A Case of Identity (11% in)
- Old as is the idea, however, there were one or two details which were new to me.Adventure III — A Case of Identity (52% in)
- There is one remarkable point, however, which will no doubt strike you.Adventure III — A Case of Identity (63% in)
- However, I shall write two letters, which should settle the matter.Adventure III — A Case of Identity (65% in)
- I found Sherlock Holmes alone, however, half asleep, with his long, thin form curled up in the recesses of his armchair.Adventure III — A Case of Identity (69% in)
- In this case, however, they have established a very serious case against the son of the murdered man.Adventure IV — The Boscombe Valley Mystery (5% in)
- It must be confessed, however, that the case looks exceedingly grave against the young man, and it is very possible that he is indeed the culprit.Adventure IV — The Boscombe Valley Mystery (15% in)
- There are several people in the neighbourhood, however, and among them Miss Turner, the daughter of the neighbouring landowner, who believe in his innocence, and who have retained Lestrade, whom you may recollect in connection with the Study in Scarlet, to work out the case in his interest.Adventure IV — The Boscombe Valley Mystery (15% in)
- I had not gone more than 150 yards, however, when I heard a hideous outcry behind me, which caused me to run back again.Adventure IV — The Boscombe Valley Mystery (26% in)
- The puny plot of the story was so thin, however, when compared to the deep mystery through which we were groping, and I found my attention wander so continually from the action to the fact, that I at last flung it across the room and gave myself up entirely to a consideration of the events of the day.Adventure IV — The Boscombe Valley Mystery (46% in)
- Good has come out of evil, however, for the barmaid, finding from the papers that he is in serious trouble and likely to be hanged, has thrown him over utterly and has written to him to say that she has a husband already in the Bermuda Dockyard, so that there is really no tie between them.Adventure IV — The Boscombe Valley Mystery (54% in)
- The drawn blinds and the smokeless chimneys, however, gave it a stricken look, as though the weight of this horror still lay heavy upon it.Adventure IV — The Boscombe Valley Mystery (61% in)
- Young McCarthy must be got off, however.Adventure IV — The Boscombe Valley Mystery (86% in)
- Three of our boys were killed, however, before we got the swag.Adventure IV — The Boscombe Valley Mystery (90% in)
- Some, however, have already gained publicity through the papers, and others have not offered a field for those peculiar qualities which my friend possessed in so high a degree, and which it is the object of these papers to illustrate.Adventure V — The Five Orange Pips (1% in)
- There is, however, one of these last which was so remarkable in its details and so startling in its results that I am tempted to give some account of it in spite of the fact that there are points in connection with it which never have been, and probably never will be, entirely cleared up.Adventure V — The Five Orange Pips (2% in)
- Sherlock Holmes was wrong in his conjecture, however, for there came a step in the passage and a tapping at the door.Adventure V — The Five Orange Pips (9% in)
- There was one singular exception, however, for he had a single room, a lumber-room up among the attics, which was invariably locked, and which he would never permit either me or anyone else to enter.Adventure V — The Five Orange Pips (21% in)
- I could see a change in my uncle, however.Adventure V — The Five Orange Pips (29% in)
- When these hot fits were over, however, he would rush tumultuously in at the door and lock and bar it behind him, like a man who can brazen it out no longer against the terror which lies at the roots of his soul.Adventure V — The Five Orange Pips (30% in)
- The matter passed, however, and my father entered into possession of the estate, and of some £14,000, which lay to his credit at the bank.Adventure V — The Five Orange Pips (33% in)
- I went about, however, with a heart which was full of forebodings.Adventure V — The Five Orange Pips (41% in)
- In that, however, I was in error.Adventure V — The Five Orange Pips (42% in)
- They have, however, allowed me a policeman, who may remain in the house with me.Adventure V — The Five Orange Pips (49% in)
- To carry the art, however, to its highest pitch, it is necessary that the reasoner should be able to utilise all the facts which have come to his knowledge; and this in itself implies, as you will readily see, a possession of all knowledge, which, even in these days of free education and encyclopaedias, is a somewhat rare accomplishment.Adventure V — The Five Orange Pips (63% in)
- It is not so impossible, however, that a man should possess all knowledge which is likely to be useful to him in his work, and this I have endeavoured in my case to do.Adventure V — The Five Orange Pips (64% in)
- The night, however, was extremely dark and stormy, so that, in spite of the help of several passers-by, it was quite impossible to effect a rescue.Adventure V — The Five Orange Pips (85% in)
- The alarm, however, was given, and, by the aid of the water-police, the body was eventually recovered.Adventure V — The Five Orange Pips (86% in)
- There is ever a flaw, however, in the best laid of human plans, and the murderers of John Openshaw were never to receive the orange pips which would show them that another, as cunning and as resolute as themselves, was upon their track.Adventure V — The Five Orange Pips (98% in)
- I felt, however, that when Whitney was once confined in the cab my mission was practically accomplished; and for the rest, I could not wish anything better than to be associated with my friend in one of those singular adventures which were the normal condition of his existence.Adventure VI — The Man with the Twisted Lip (18% in)
- At the foot of the stairs, however, she met this Lascar scoundrel of whom I have spoken, who thrust her back and, aided by a Dane, who acts as assistant there, pushed her out into the street.Adventure VI — The Man with the Twisted Lip (34% in)
- Just as he finished, however, we drove through two scattered villages, where a few lights still glimmered in the windows.Adventure VI — The Man with the Twisted Lip (53% in)
- It may, however, have been written on Monday and only posted to-day.Adventure VI — The Man with the Twisted Lip (65% in)
- Sherlock Holmes was a man, however, who, when he had an unsolved problem upon his mind, would go for days, and even for a week, without rest, turning it over, rearranging his facts, looking at it from every point of view until he had either fathomed it or convinced himself that his data were insufficient.Adventure VI — The Man with the Twisted Lip (69% in)
- "It must stop here, however," said Bradstreet.Adventure VI — The Man with the Twisted Lip (99% in)
- You fail, however, to reason from what you see.Adventure VII — The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle (14% in)
- "He has, however, retained some degree of self-respect," he continued, disregarding my remonstrance.Adventure VII — The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle (16% in)
- That, however, I shall determine by a very simple test if we have an answer to our advertisement.Adventure VII — The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle (43% in)
- Of all these varied cases, however, I cannot recall any which presented more singular features than that which was associated with the well-known Surrey family of the Roylotts of Stoke Moran.Adventure VIII — The Adventure of the Speckled Band (1% in)
- In the last century, however, four successive heirs were of a dissolute and wasteful disposition, and the family ruin was eventually completed by a gambler in the days of the Regency.Adventure VIII — The Adventure of the Speckled Band (13% in)
- In a fit of anger, however, caused by some robberies which had been perpetrated in the house, he beat his native butler to death and narrowly escaped a capital sentence.Adventure VIII — The Adventure of the Speckled Band (15% in)
- We had, however, an aunt, my mother's maiden sister, Miss Honoria Westphail, who lives near Harrow, and we were occasionally allowed to pay short visits at this lady's house.Adventure VIII — The Adventure of the Speckled Band (21% in)
- A month ago, however, a dear friend, whom I have known for many years, has done me the honour to ask my hand in marriage.Adventure VIII — The Adventure of the Speckled Band (35% in)
- I was too shaken to go to bed again, however, so I dressed, and as soon as it was daylight I slipped down, got a dog-cart at the Crown Inn, which is opposite, and drove to Leatherhead, from whence I have come on this morning with the one object of seeing you and asking your advice.Adventure VIII — The Adventure of the Speckled Band (36% in)
- This incident gives zest to our investigation, however, and I only trust that our little friend will not suffer from her imprudence in allowing this brute to trace her.Adventure VIII — The Adventure of the Speckled Band (48% in)
- Suddenly, however, he started, tapped me on the shoulder, and pointed over the meadows.Adventure VIII — The Adventure of the Speckled Band (52% in)
- The lash, however, was curled upon itself and tied so as to make a loop of whipcord.Adventure VIII — The Adventure of the Speckled Band (69% in)
- I could, however, see that his face was deadly pale and filled with horror and loathing.Adventure VIII — The Adventure of the Speckled Band (88% in)
- I can only claim the merit that I instantly reconsidered my position when, however, it became clear to me that whatever danger threatened an occupant of the room could not come either from the window or the door.Adventure VIII — The Adventure of the Speckled Band (95% in)
- It was useless, however.Adventure IX — The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb (10% in)
- Yesterday, however, just as I was thinking of leaving the office, my clerk entered to say there was a gentleman waiting who wished to see me upon business.Adventure IX — The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb (22% in)
- I should like, however, to understand a little more clearly what it is that you wish me to do.Adventure IX — The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb (33% in)
- I took a few of my friends into the secret, however, and they suggested that we should quietly and secretly work our own little deposit and that in this way we should earn the money which would enable us to buy the neighbouring fields.Adventure IX — The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb (36% in)
- We guard our secret very jealously, however, and if it once became known that we had hydraulic engineers coming to our little house, it would soon rouse inquiry, and then, if the facts came out, it would be good-bye to any chance of getting these fields and carrying out our plans.Adventure IX — The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb (37% in)
- However, I threw all fears to the winds, ate a hearty supper, drove to Paddington, and started off, having obeyed to the letter the injunction as to holding my tongue.Adventure IX — The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb (41% in)
- However, I was in time for the last train to Eyford, and I reached the little dim-lit station after eleven o'clock.Adventure IX — The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb (41% in)
- As I passed out through the wicket gate, however, I found my acquaintance of the morning waiting in the shadow upon the other side.Adventure IX — The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb (42% in)
- At last, however, the bumping of the road was exchanged for the crisp smoothness of a gravel-drive, and the carriage came to a stand.Adventure IX — The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb (45% in)
- When I passed outside, however, and pressed down the levers which controlled it, I knew at once by the whishing sound that there was a slight leakage, which allowed a regurgitation of water through one of the side cylinders.Adventure IX — The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb (63% in)
- Suddenly, however, as I ran, a deadly dizziness and sickness came over me.Adventure IX — The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb (77% in)
- About sunset, however, their efforts were at last successful, and they subdued the flames, but not before the roof had fallen in, and the whole place been reduced to such absolute ruin that, save some twisted cylinders and iron piping, not a trace remained of the machinery which had cost our unfortunate acquaintance so dearly.Adventure IX — The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb (97% in)
- As I have reason to believe, however, that the full facts have never been revealed to the general public, and as my friend Sherlock Holmes had a considerable share in clearing the matter up, I feel that no memoir of him would be complete without some little sketch of this remarkable episode.Adventure X — The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor (1% in)
- It is just possible, however, that that also may not be wanting in this new investigation.Adventure X — The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor (5% in)
- I feared to refer them to you, however, as I knew that you had an inquiry on hand and that you disliked the intrusion of other matters.Adventure X — The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor (11% in)
- Up to a late hour last night, however, nothing had transpired as to the whereabouts of the missing lady.Adventure X — The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor (25% in)
- The incident however, was too trivial to relate and can have no possible bearing upon the case.Adventure X — The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor (39% in)
- Since you ask me, however, I may say that it has occurred to me as possible that the excitement of this affair, the consciousness that she had made so immense a social stride, had the effect of causing some little nervous disturbance in my wife.Adventure X — The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor (49% in)
- Without, however, the knowledge of pre-existing cases which serves me so well.Adventure X — The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor (53% in)
- I leave it with you, however, with every confidence, and I shall call for it in person on Monday morning.Adventure XI — The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet (17% in)
- When I was alone once more, however, with the precious case lying upon the table in front of me, I could not but think with some misgivings of the immense responsibility which it entailed upon me.Adventure XI — The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet (17% in)
- However, it was too late to alter the matter now, so I locked it up in my private safe and turned once more to my work.Adventure XI — The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet (18% in)
- She came with an excellent character, however, and has always given me satisfaction.Adventure XI — The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet (20% in)
- He followed me to my room, however, that night with a very grave face.Adventure XI — The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet (28% in)
- However, I must not sit gossiping here, but must get these disreputable clothes off and return to my highly respectable self.Adventure XI — The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet (70% in)
- Your news of this morning, however, may open his lips.Adventure XI — The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet (79% in)
- He took the more chivalrous view, however, and preserved her secret.Adventure XI — The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet (87% in)
- Just beyond it, however, at the far side of the kitchen door, a woman had stood and talked with a man, whose round impressions on one side showed that he had a wooden leg.Adventure XI — The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet (88% in)
- On entering the house, however, I examined, as you remember, the sill and framework of the hall window with my lens, and I could at once see that someone had passed out.Adventure XI — The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet (91% in)
- As he loved his cousin, however, there was an excellent explanation why he should retain her secret—the more so as the secret was a disgraceful one.Adventure XI — The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet (94% in)
- I knew my man, however, and I clapped a pistol to his head before he could strike.Adventure XI — The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet (97% in)
- I think that I have touched bottom at last, however.Adventure XII — The Adventure of the Copper Beeches (8% in)
- The gentleman, however, seeing perhaps the look of incredulity upon my face, opened a pocket-book and took out a note.Adventure XII — The Adventure of the Copper Beeches (16% in)
- You need not, however, go to the expense of purchasing one, as we have one belonging to my dear daughter Alice (now in Philadelphia), which would, I should think, fit you very well.Adventure XII — The Adventure of the Copper Beeches (26% in)
- I thought, however, that before taking the final step I should like to submit the whole matter to your consideration.Adventure XII — The Adventure of the Copper Beeches (28% in)
- Mrs. Rucastle, however, who has evidently no sense of humour, never so much as smiled, but sat with her hands in her lap, and a sad, anxious look upon her face.Adventure XII — The Adventure of the Copper Beeches (54% in)
- At the second glance, however, I perceived that there was a man standing in the Southampton Road, a small bearded man in a grey suit, who seemed to be looking in my direction.Adventure XII — The Adventure of the Copper Beeches (57% in)
- This man, however, was leaning against the railings which bordered our field and was looking earnestly up.Adventure XII — The Adventure of the Copper Beeches (57% in)
- One day, however, as I ascended the stair, I met Mr. Rucastle coming out through this door, his keys in his hand, and a look on his face which made him a very different person to the round, jovial man to whom I was accustomed.Adventure XII — The Adventure of the Copper Beeches (66% in)
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however = a word used to connect contrasting ideas as when using though, in spite of that, in contrast, nevertheless, etc.
however = a word used to connect contrasting ideas as when using though, in spite of that, in contrast, nevertheless, etc.
There are no more uses of "however" flagged with this meaning in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
Typical Usage
(best examples)
2 —1 use as in:
However much she tried...
Definition
to whatever degree (regardless of how much; or whatever unspecified amount)
- I sat down beside the fire, however, with the intention of awaiting him, however long he might be.Adventure I — A Scandal in Bohemia (42% in)
There are no more uses of "however" flagged with this meaning in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
Typical Usage
(best examples)
3 —1 use as in:
However you do it, get it done!
Definition
in whatever way
- However that may be, the young lady was very decidedly carried away, and, having quite made up her mind that her stepfather was in France, the suspicion of treachery never for an instant entered her mind.Adventure III — A Case of Identity (87% in)
There are no more uses of "however" flagged with this meaning in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
Typical Usage
(best examples)
? —6 uses
exact meaning not specified
- It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.Adventure XI — The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet (93% in)
- I sat down beside the fire, however, with the intention of awaiting him, however long he might be.Adventure I — A Scandal in Bohemia (42% in)
- However innocent he might be, he could not be such an absolute imbecile as not to see that the circumstances were very black against him.Adventure IV — The Boscombe Valley Mystery (20% in)
- I had begun to take comfort too soon, however; yesterday morning the blow fell in the very shape in which it had come upon my father.Adventure V — The Five Orange Pips (46% in)
- On examining it, however, I found that this deposit was a comparatively small one, and that it formed a link between two very much larger ones upon the right and left—both of them, however, in the grounds of my neighbours.Adventure IX — The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb (35% in)
- On examining it, however, I found that this deposit was a comparatively small one, and that it formed a link between two very much larger ones upon the right and left—both of them, however, in the grounds of my neighbours.Adventure IX — The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb (35% in)
There are no more uses of "however" in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
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