All 35 Uses of

however
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Gifted Hands

However, Mother never asked, "Why can't you be like those smart boys?"
p. 30.9

however = a word used to connect contrasting ideas as when using though, in spite of that, in contrast, nevertheless, etc.

At that point, however, I felt a new pressure—one that I hadn't been subjected to before.
p. 43.5

By the time I hit the tenth grade, however, the peer pressure had gotten to be too much for me.
p. 46.2

However, he played that record so often during his two weeks at home that I found myself going around humming the melody.
p. 67.1

However, each college required a ten-dollar non-returnable entrance fee sent with the application.
p. 68.3

However, the economy hit a slump in the summer of '71, especially in the capital of the automobile industry.
p. 81.4 *

Lack of funds wasn't my only worry that day, however.†
p. 86.5

however = a word used to connect contrasting ideas as when using "though", "in spite of that", "in contrast", "nevertheless", etc.

However, Candy was just another student, a nice person, and I didn't have any particularly warm feelings toward her.
p. 89.6

however = a word used to connect contrasting ideas as when using though, in spite of that, in contrast, nevertheless, etc.

However, many doctors don't have this natural ability, and some, including surgeons, never learn this skill.
p. 99.1

however = though (used to connect contrasting ideas)

I didn't begin in the top of my class, however.†
p. 100.2

however = a word used to connect contrasting ideas as when using "though", "in spite of that", "in contrast", "nevertheless", etc.

However, at some point in the conversation, Dr. Udvarhelyi made an oblique reference to a concert he had attended the night before.
p. 107.3

however = a word used to connect contrasting ideas as when using though, in spite of that, in contrast, nevertheless, etc.

However, a few of the doctors tended to be snobbish, and that bothered me.
p. 110.2

Each time, however, I was able to remind myself they were individuals speaking for themselves and not representative of all Whites.
p. 113.5

Within minutes of our consultations, however, they relaxed and the smiles on their faces told me that I had their acceptance.
p. 134.5

However, the side effects and mortality associated with the surgery were so great that hemispherectomy quickly fell out of favor as a viable surgical option.
p. 136.6

By the time I heard about her situation, Maranda was experiencing up to 100 seizures a day, as often as three minutes apart, making the right side of her In the 1940s, however, a Montreal doctor, Theodore Rasmussen, discovered something new about the rare disease that affected Maranda.
p. 137.4

However, I wasn't going to jump into some new kind of surgery without more information—and John Freeman wouldn't have wanted me to anyway.
p. 140.7

However, she does lack fine motor coordination of the fingers on her right hand and walks with a slight limp.
p. 149.2

Kathy and Brian Usher, however, were already starting to punish themselves for allowing their child to go through this drastic surgical procedure.
p. 160.5

However, Craig's doctor (the original physician) did not realize it was another tumor and, as the Warnicks related the story to me, the doctor dismissed their fears.
p. 176.8

He did, however, have endocrinological problems which required several weeks to regulate.
p. 180.3

However, after talking with the Swedish inventor of the procedure, he decided it probably wouldn't work on Craig's particular type of tumor.
p. 181.2

First, however, we had to be able to get their scalps closed before their swelling brains came completely out of their skulls.
p. 202.6

One day, however, about three weeks before he went back to Germany, Patrick unfortunately aspirated (sucked) his food into his lungs.
p. 209.2

Additional personnel didn't really solve my dilemma, however.†
p. 213.6

however = a word used to connect contrasting ideas as when using "though", "in spite of that", "in contrast", "nevertheless", etc.

However, things had not been going well.
p. 221.0

however = a word used to connect contrasting ideas as when using though, in spite of that, in contrast, nevertheless, etc.

However, if we choose to see the obstacles as hurdles, we can leap over them.
p. 224.2

Definitions:

(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 contrastand but.)
(2) (however as in: However much she tried...)
to whatever degree (regardless of how much; or whatever unspecified amount)
(3) (however as in: However you do it, get it done!)
in whatever way
(4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
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?"