All 13 Uses
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- My father, however, was not, so neither made a move toward him.†
Chpt Prol.however = a word used to connect contrasting ideas as when using though, in spite of that, in contrast, nevertheless, etc.
- The worst, however, were the Victorian-era dolls she kept ordering from QVC, all of them with porcelain white skin and spooky eyes.†
Chpt 4
- This did not, however, seem to hinder her ability to teach my mother how to make lopsided bowls, ashtrays glazed with smeared reds and greens, and a ribbed tall vase for me that leaned like the Tower of Pisa.†
Chpt 4
- By day three, however, something else happened to make me forget about him, at least temporarily.†
Chpt 5
- Outside, however, it was already starting to get dark, the sky streaked with deep pinks and grays.†
Chpt 7
- I, however, was struggling to keep my grades up, since I was suddenly spending so many weeknights (when my parents assumed I was doing cheerleading squad activities) with him.†
Chpt 7
- Adam, however, she saw every day, since at least one fistfight or hair pulling incident occurred on each show.†
Chpt 8
- More often, however, he was in the next room sleeping, where I could hear him snoring sometimes as Corinna and I spoke in whispers so as not to wake him.†
Chpt 8
- I, however, had spend endless nights riding shotgun, listening to one of her many mix tapes of lost love/done me wrong/screw you songs and watching scenery rush by, her hiccuping sobs just barely audible under the music and the sound of the wind coming through my window.†
Chpt 8
- My mother, however, was just proud to have gotten his whole head in.†
Chpt 9
- When we had sex, especially, I couldn't push it out of my mind, however badly I wanted to.
Chpt 10 *however = regardless of how
- With that added element, however, it was all I could do to sit down and remain calm as all eyes stayed on me.†
Chpt 10 *however = a word used to connect contrasting ideas as when using though, in spite of that, in contrast, nevertheless, etc.
- Here, however, you opened the door at the end to find the visitors' room, where the real world was allowed to peek in every Sunday and Wednesday from three to five.†
Chpt 13
Definitions:
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(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 contrast and 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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(3)
(however as in: However you do it, get it done!) in whatever way
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(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?"