however en · ADV
Pronunciation
- /hæʊˈevə/ (New-Zealand)
- houĕvʹər (Canada, General-American)
- /hɑˈwɛvə(ɹ)/ (New-York-City)
- /haʊˈɛvə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /haʊˈɛvɚ/ (Canada, General-American)
- /hæɔˈevə/ (Australia)
- (California) audio
Etymology
From Middle English however, how-ever, how-evere; equivalent to how + -ever. Compare howsoever.
Meanings
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(conjunctive, not-comparable) Nevertheless; yet, still; in spite of that.
I didn't argue with him; I still think, however, that he is wrong.
That the young Mr. Churchills liked—but they did not like him coming round of an evening and drinking weak whisky-and-water while he held forth on railway debentures and corporation loans. Mr. Barrett, however, by fawning and flattery, seemed to be able to make not only Mrs. Churchill but everyone else do what he desired.
1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter II, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:He told me not to do it. However, I did it anyway. / I did it anyway, however. / I, however, did it anyway.
Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible. Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism.
2013 June 29, “A punch in the gut”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, pages 72–3:Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer language, he expressed the important words by an initial, a medial, or a final consonant, and made scratches for all the words between; his clerks, however, understood him very well.
1892, Walter Besant, “Prologue: Who is Edmund Gray?”, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC:She wanted to go; however, she decided against it.
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(conjunctive, not-comparable) In contrast.
The conference itself went very well. The party afterwards, however, was a disaster.
It appears, however, that Korsch took the view that a revolutionary theory must be the 'expression' of a movement, and not an instrument forged outside the movement by leaders or theoreticians.
1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume III: The Breakdown, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozkład (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 318:
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(not-comparable, qualifier:degree; fused relative; degree; fused relative) Regardless of how; no matter how
However much I study, I never get good grades.
However clear you think you've been, and however many questions you may've answered, there'll always remain some doubts.
Elinor, however little concerned in it, joined in their discourse; and Marianne, who had the knack of finding her way in every house to the library, however it might be avoided by the family in general, soon procured herself a book.
1811, Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility, Chapter 42:Any rule of thumb, however true (it is), is useless unless you understand its underlying logic.
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(not-comparable, qualifier:fused relative) Regardless of how; regardless of the way in which.
Let me know when you've had your interview, however it goes.
But the real way to build a successful online business is to be better than your rivals at undermining people's control of their own attention. Partly, this is a result of how online advertising has traditionally worked: advertisers pay for clicks, and a click is a click, however it's obtained.
2013 June 21, Oliver Burkeman, “The tao of tech”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 48:Elinor, however little concerned in it, joined in their discourse; and Marianne, who had the knack of finding her way in every house to the library, however it might be avoided by the family in general, soon procured herself a book.
1811, Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility, Chapter 42:However we do this, it isn't going to work.
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(not-comparable, qualifier:fused relative) In any way in which; how.
She offered to help however she could.
Wear your hair however you want.
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(informal, not-comparable) In any way that one likes or chooses; in a haphazard or spontaneous way.
I don't care; just do it however.
Nothing was really planned; things just happened however.
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(interrogative, not-comparable) How ever: an emphatic form of how, used to ask in what manner.
I thought it was impossible. However were you able to do it?
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(not-comparable, obsolete) In any case, at any rate, at all events.
Our chief end and highest interest is happiness : And this is happiness to be freed from all (if it may) [or] however from the greatest evils.
c. 1680, John Tillotson
Coordinates
Deriveds
however one slices it · however much
Synonyms
that said · yet · anyroad · anyway · though · that being said · natheless · anyway · having said that · howso · but · nonetheless · still · after all · anyhow · anywho · algate · notwithstanding · even so · anyhoo · howsoever · in any event · notwithstanding · still and all · in any case · howsoever · after all · be that as it may · howbeit · at all events · just the same · in any case · howsoevermuch · all that said · regardless · at any rate · come what may · howso · withal · how + the dickens · nevertheless · however · anyhow · always · hab or nab · however · any road up · anywise · anyways · be it what it would · all the same · still and all · that said · be it as it may · anyhow · maugre · nonetheless
Translations (65)
ko 아무튼 (5. in any way that one likes or chooses) · ms apa-apapun (5. in any way that one likes or chooses) · es cuantoquiera (to whatever extent or degree) · nl hoe dan ook (5. in any way that one likes or chooses) · hu akárhogyan (5. in any way that one likes or chooses) · eo iel ajn (5. in any way that one likes or chooses) · yue 係都要 /系都要 (5. in any way that one likes or chooses) · hu bármilyen (to whatever extent or degree) · es por muy (3. no matter how) · ru в любо́м слу́чае (5. in any way that one likes or chooses) · hu bárhogy (5. in any way that one likes or chooses) · hu bármely/bármilyen módon/formában (5. in any way that one likes or chooses) · be у любым выпадку (5. in any way that one likes or chooses) · fi joka tapauksessa (5. in any way that one likes or chooses) · fi kuinka tahansa (to whatever extent or degree) · hu bármennyire (to whatever extent or degree) · mk секако (5. in any way that one likes or chooses) · hi वैसे भी (5. in any way that one likes or chooses) · de wie auch immer (5. in any way that one likes or chooses) · he בכל זאת (5. in any way that one likes or chooses) · cy pa mor (to whatever extent or degree) · ar بِأَيَّةِ طَرِيقَة (5. in any way that one likes or chooses) · bg все пак (to whatever extent or degree) · fr d'ailleurs (5. in any way that one likes or chooses) · uk в будь-якому випадку (5. in any way that one likes or chooses) · sv hursomhelst (5. in any way that one likes or chooses) · es aunque más (3. no matter how) · ja とにかく (5. in any way that one likes or chooses) · es comoquier (5. in any way that one likes or chooses) · ro oricum (5. in any way that one likes or chooses) · nb uansett hvor (to whatever extent or degree) · gd co-dhiù (5. in any way that one likes or chooses) · es cuanto sea (to whatever extent or degree) · ga dá (to whatever extent or degree) · es de cualquier modo (5. in any way that one likes or chooses) · fr quoi qu'il en soit (5. in any way that one likes or chooses) · nb uten omsyn til hvor (to whatever extent or degree) · mk сепак (to whatever extent or degree) · es mal que bien (5. in any way that one likes or chooses) · tr neyse (5. in any way that one likes or chooses) · he בכל מקרה (5. in any way that one likes or chooses) · cmn 無論如何 /无论如何 (5. in any way that one likes or chooses) · es como sea (5. in any way that one likes or chooses) · ar عَلَى كُلِّ حَال (5. in any way that one likes or chooses) · hu akárhogy (5. in any way that one likes or chooses) · fr peu importe (to whatever extent or degree) · de egal wie (to whatever extent or degree) · es por mucho (3. no matter how) · uk в уся́кому ра́зі (5. in any way that one likes or chooses) · hu bárhogyan (5. in any way that one likes or chooses) · yue 點都要 /点都要 (5. in any way that one likes or chooses) · it in ogni modo (5. in any way that one likes or chooses) · eo kiom ajn (to whatever extent or degree) · hu akármennyire (to whatever extent or degree) · uk в будь-якому разі (5. in any way that one likes or chooses) · hu akármilyen (to whatever extent or degree) · fi miten tahansa (to whatever extent or degree) · pt de qualquer forma (5. in any way that one likes or chooses) · es por más (3. no matter how) · es bien que mal (5. in any way that one likes or chooses) · it comunque (5. in any way that one likes or chooses) · es de cualquier manera (5. in any way that one likes or chooses) · es comoquiera (5. in any way that one likes or chooses) · cy er mor (to whatever extent or degree) · es de cualquier forma (5. in any way that one likes or chooses)