All 3 Uses
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All Over but the Shoutin'
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- All it took was an angry word or some insult, however slight, and the subtle differences in our characters vanished and you would have thought we were children of Beelzebub, unbound.
Chpt 1.10 *however = regardless of how
- They did not see what they were doing as anything wrong; their daddies had been free to take game when they wanted, however they wanted.
Chpt 2.23 *however = in whatever way
- It has to wait, until my debt to the old life, however ridiculous it might sound, is paid.†
Chpt 3.34 *
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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(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?"