All 6 Uses of
however
in
The Namesake
- Somehow, bad news, however ridden with static, however filled with echoes, always manages to be conveyed.†
Chpt 3
- Somehow, bad news, however ridden with static, however filled with echoes, always manages to be conveyed.†
Chpt 3
- He likes the solidity of its plaster walls, its dark wooden floorboards, however battered and stained.†
Chpt 5 *
- Still, he knows that each component of a building, however small, is nevertheless essential, and he finds it gratifying that after all his years of schooling, all his crits and unbuilt projects, his efforts are to have some practical end.
Chpt 6 *however = regardless of how
- He is responsible for nothing in the house; in spite of their absence, Gerald and Lydia continue to lord, however blindly, over their days.†
Chpt 6
- He struggles but fails to recall her presence at Pemberton Road; still, he is secretly pleased that she has seen those rooms, tasted his mother's cooking, washed her hands in the bathroom, however long ago.†
Chpt 8
Definitions:
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(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, 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.)