English Explanatory Dictionary

however

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adv
  1. Nevertheless; yet, still; in spite of that.
  2. In contrast.
  3. Regardless of how; no matter how
  4. Regardless of how; regardless of the way in which.
  5. In any way in which; how.
  6. In any way that one likes or chooses; in a haphazard or spontaneous way.
  7. How ever: an emphatic form of how, used to ask in what manner.
  8. In any case, at any rate, at all events.
conj
  1. But, yet, though, although.

Pronunciation

/haʊˈɛvə/ houĕvʹər /haʊˈɛvɚ/ en-us-however.ogg /hɑˈwɛvə(ɹ)/ /hæɔˈevə/ /hæʊˈevə/

Word forms

however

Etymology

From Middle English however, how-ever, how-evere; equivalent to how + ever. Compare howsoever.

Synonyms

nonetheless notwithstanding that said still and all in any case after all anyway all that said anyhow all the same be it as it may be that as it may but even so having said that howbeit however just the same maugre natheless nevertheless still that being said though withal yet algate always any road up anyhoo anyroad anyways anywise anywho at all events at any rate be it what it would come what may hab or nab in any event regardless howsoever howso howsoevermuch how + the dickens

Derived words

however one slices it

Translations

Bulgarian: все пак Esperanto: kiom ajn Finnish: kuinka tahansa Finnish: miten tahansa French: peu importe German: egal wie Hungarian: bármennyire Hungarian: akármennyire Hungarian: bármilyen Hungarian: akármilyen Irish: dá Macedonian: сепак Norwegian Bokmål: uansett hvor Norwegian Bokmål: uten omsyn til hvor Spanish: comoquiera Spanish: comoquier Spanish: como sea Spanish: cuantoquiera que Spanish: cuanto sea Spanish: así como así Welsh: er mor Welsh: pa mor
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