2 meanings, 7 uses
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1 —2 uses as in:
However, complications may...
Definition
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,, nevertheless, nonetheless, on the other hand, in contrastand but.)
(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,
- You four do intend to farm it, however?p. 283.8
- His conservatism, however, was only fiscal.p. 45.1
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2 —2 uses as in:
However much she tried...
Definition
to whatever degree (regardless of how much; or whatever unspecified amount)
- However much these acres looked like a gift of nature, or of God, they were not.p. 15.8
- However many of them have fucked their daughters or their stepdaughters or their nieces or not, the fact is that they all accept beating as a way of life.p. 302.6
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- Whatever you have, however passionately you want it and he seems to want it, what he wants more and more is to fit in and be a good boy.p. 352.5
- If he had found it six months before, it would have been an innocent thing, a testament to undying hope, evidence of bravery, however secretive, on my part, as well as of my commitment to our future.p. 255.6
- However compromised and doomed I or others considered the arc of Pete's life, to his daughters, it certainly appeared as fresh and full of possibilities as their own lives did.p. 292.7
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