1 used with an adjective or adverb to mean 'to whatever degree':
He wanted to take no risks, however small. * She has the window open, however cold it is outside. * However carefully I explained, she still didn't understand.
HELPNOTE When ever is used to emphasize how, meaning 'in what way or manner', it is written as a separate word: How ever did you get here so quickly?
2 in whatever way:
However you look at it, it's going to cost a lot.
3 used to introduce a statement that contrasts with sth that has just been said:
He was feeling bad. He went to work, however, and tried to concentrate. * We thought the figures were correct. However, we have now discovered some errors. -< ALTHOUGH
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for however is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is however a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, however is tagged as adverb.
Does however appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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