All 41 Uses
however
in
Around the World in 80 Days
(Edited)
- I'll go and fetch my master, who won't be much pleased, however, to be disturbed.
Chpt 6however = though (used to connect contrasting ideas)
- Passepartout, however, had no sooner heard his master's orders on leaving the Mongolia than he saw at once that they were to leave Bombay as they had done Suez and Paris, and that the journey would be extended at least as far as Calcutta, and perhaps beyond that place.
Chpt 10
- Passepartout, however, thinking no harm, went in like a simple tourist, and was soon lost in admiration of the splendid Brahmin ornamentation which everywhere met his eyes, when of a sudden he found himself sprawling on the sacred flagging.
Chpt 10
- Happily, however, for Mr. Fogg, the animal's instruction in this direction had not gone far, and the elephant still preserved his natural gentleness.
Chpt 11
- In the midst of his gaiety, however, one thought troubled the worthy servant.
Chpt 12
- Sometimes, however, the sacrifice is really voluntary, and it requires the active interference of the Government to prevent it.
Chpt 12
- "However," resumed the guide, "it is certain, not only that we shall risk our lives, but horrible tortures, if we are taken."
Chpt 13
- Sir Francis consented, however, to remain to the end of this terrible drama.
Chpt 13
- The carriage stopped before a modest-looking house, which, however, did not have the appearance of a private mansion.
Chpt 15
- However, the trip from Calcutta to Hong Kong only comprised some three thousand five hundred miles, occupying from ten to twelve days, and the young woman was not difficult to please.
Chpt 16
- The varied landscape afforded by the Andaman Islands was soon passed, however, and the Rangoon rapidly approached the Straits of Malacca, which gave access to the China seas.
Chpt 16
- But he determined to chaff Fix, when he had the chance, with mysterious allusions, which, however, need not betray his real suspicions.
Chpt 17
- Owing to the defective construction of the Rangoon, however, unusual precautions became necessary in unfavourable weather; but the loss of time which resulted from this cause, while it nearly drove Passepartout out of his senses, did not seem to affect his master in the least.
Chpt 17
- On the 4th, however, the sea became more calm, and the storm lessened its violence; the wind veered southward, and was once more favourable.
Chpt 18
- The time lost could not, however, be regained.
Chpt 18
- When the bottles were empty, however, he rose to go and tell his master of the change in the time of the sailing of the Carnatic.
Chpt 19
- Chance, however, appeared really to have abandoned the man it had hitherto served so well.
Chpt 20
- Two state-rooms in the rear were, however, unoccupied—those which had been engaged by Phileas Fogg.
Chpt 22 *
- Passepartout had only, however, to ask the purser the number of his master's state-room.
Chpt 22
- On that very day, however, he met Passepartout face to face on the forward deck.
Chpt 24
- At the least sign of treason, however, I'll twist your neck for you.
Chpt 24
- He had not proceeded two hundred steps, however, when, "by the greatest chance in the world," he met Fix.
Chpt 25
- The Pacific Railroad is, however, really divided into two distinct lines: the Central Pacific, between San Francisco and Ogden, and the Union Pacific, between Ogden and Omaha.
Chpt 26
- The train did not proceed rapidly; counting the stoppages, it did not run more than twenty miles an hour, which was a sufficient speed, however, to enable it to reach Omaha within its designated time.
Chpt 26
- Snow began to fall an hour after they started, a fine snow, however, which happily could not obstruct the train; nothing could be seen from the windows but a vast, white sheet, against which the smoke of the locomotive had a greyish aspect.
Chpt 26
- He would have crushed the first buffaloes, no doubt, with the cow-catcher; but the locomotive, however powerful, would soon have been checked, the train would inevitably have been thrown off the track, and would then have been helpless.
Chpt 26however = regardless of how
- Just at the moment, however, that the locomotive wheels began to move, cries of "Stop! stop!" were heard.
Chpt 27however = though (used to connect contrasting ideas)
- The bad weather, however, annoyed Passepartout; for the accumulation of snow, by blocking the wheels of the cars, would certainly have been fatal to Mr. Fogg's tour.
Chpt 28
- She was attached to the man who, however coldly, gave her daily evidences of the most absolute devotion.
Chpt 28 *however = regardless of how
- His hesitation did not last long, however.
Chpt 30however = though (used to connect contrasting ideas)
- But the breeze, far from lessening its force, blew as if to bend the mast, which, however, the metallic lashings held firmly.
Chpt 31however = nevertheless (used to connect contrasting ideas)
- One thing, however, Passepartout would never forget, and that was the sacrifice which Mr. Fogg had made, without hesitation, to rescue him from the Sioux.
Chpt 31however = though (used to connect contrasting ideas)
- Mr. Fogg, however, did not reproach him; and, on leaving the Cunard pier, only said: "We will consult about what is best to-morrow."
Chpt 32
- The wind, however, did not grow as boisterous as might have been feared; it was not one of those tempests which burst, and rush on with a speed of ninety miles an hour.
Chpt 33
- It was true, however, that fifty-five thousand pounds had been stolen from the Bank.
Chpt 33
- He did not, however, abandon Mr. Fogg.
Chpt 33
- However that may have been, Mr. Fogg carefully put his watch upon the table, and observed its advancing hands.
Chpt 34 *however = in whatever way
- Mr. Fogg's course, however, was fully decided upon; he knew what remained for him to do.
Chpt 35however = though (used to connect contrasting ideas)
- Certainly, however secure they felt, minutes had never seemed so long to them!
Chpt 36however = regardless of how
- His object was, however, to be victorious, and not to win money.
Chpt 37however = though (used to connect contrasting ideas)
- He deducted, however, from Passepartout's share the cost of the gas which had burned in his room for nineteen hundred and twenty hours, for the sake of regularity.
Chpt 37
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 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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(4)
(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?"