All 18 Uses
however
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This Lullaby, by Sarah Dessen
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- My family, however, had long been of pro status.†
Chpt 1however = a word used to connect contrasting ideas as when using though, in spite of that, in contrast, nevertheless, etc.
- Her true motivation, however, was that my mother owed her publisher a novel, and everyone was starting to get a little antsy about it.†
Chpt 1
- No. I did, however, feel you slamming me into the wall," I said evenly.†
Chpt 1
- His dress shirt, upon closer inspection, had a stain on the pocket, however, and looked decidedly thrift store-esque.†
Chpt 3
- Living off beans, however, is reminiscent of a more slang culture, realistic, and a lower class, which is indicative of both the speaker in the song and the music that accompanies it.†
Chpt 8
- I, however, kept looking at Don, my stomach burning, as if I now had a score to settle.†
Chpt 9
- Monkey, however, sitting between us in a plastic baby pool up to his haunches in cold water, was totally content.†
Chpt 11 *
- She wasn't exactly pretty, however, and it didn't help that right in the back of the shot, clearly visible, was a huge bag of cat litter with the words kitty klean!†
Chpt 11
- He still didn't sound convinced, however.†
Chpt 11however = a word used to connect contrasting ideas as when using "though", "in spite of that", "in contrast", "nevertheless", etc.
- But even there, locked in the stall, I could still hear it going, those notes I'd known by heart for as long as I could remember, now twisted and different, with another man I hardly knew who had some claim to me, however small, singing the words.
Chpt 11 *however = regardless of how
- It was clear, however, that she had not taken the trouble to look past him when making these plans: Evan was, well, Evan, and the twins David and Darrin both were sporting Star Wars T-shirts and had spent the entire dinner so far ignoring Lissa and Jess completely while discussing Japanese animation.†
Chpt 12however = a word used to connect contrasting ideas as when using though, in spite of that, in contrast, nevertheless, etc.
- I pulled them out, glad to have some kind of task, however stupid, to focus on.
Chpt 13however = regardless of how
- "I, however," he said grandly, taking a sip of his water, "scored in the moron category.†
Chpt 13however = a word used to connect contrasting ideas as when using though, in spite of that, in contrast, nevertheless, etc.
- I hadn't taped up the box yet, however, so there was still time to change my mind.†
Chpt 15
- As I walked up the driveway to the front porch, however, something was off.†
Chpt 15
- Don's marrying my mother, however, was a catalyst for her subsequent separation, and while they'd tried to stay apart, they couldn't, in Don's words, "fight the feeling."†
Chpt 16
- The bride and groom, however, seemed oblivious to this, staring into each other's eyes as they danced, their bodies pressed together so closely they were hardly moving.†
Chpt 17
- It was the one constant in my life, however I felt about it, the one thing that had remained a part of me as stepfathers and boyfriends and houses shifted in and out.†
Chpt 11 *
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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(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?"