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however Adverb

— You use however to show that there is a contrast between two ideas. It was very long. However, it was not long enough. In 1966, there just wasn't enough money. The next year, however, the economic situation was already improving. The price has gone down around the world. The Japanese price has remained unchanged, however. — You used however to say the size, amount, or other quality is not important. You call me however late you arrive. We should care about all living things, however small. I have to buy it, however much it costs. — in any way However you say it, it means the same thing. You can do it however you like.

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— adverb (= nevertheless, still, yet, all the same) despite anything to the contrary (usually following a concession) although I'm a little afraid, however I'd like to try it while we disliked each other, nevertheless we agreed he was a stern yet fair master granted that it is dangerous, all the same I still want to go — adverb by contrast; on the other hand the first part was easy; the second, however, took hours — adverb to whatever degree or extent The results, however general, are important they have begun, however reluctantly, to acknowledge the legitimacy of some of the opposition's concerns — adverb in whatever way or manner Victory, however it was brought about, was sweet however he did it, it was very clever

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how however somehow somehow or other

Grammar Part of speech Pronouns

Indefinite pronouns

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manner means how somehow anyhow every way no way each way however
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amount how much however many however much plenty

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Simple sentences

However you do it, the result will be the same.

Brush your teeth, however sleepy you are.

However busy you may be, you must do your homework.

His words, however, were not believed at all.

I think that Tom and only Tom can do it. However, some people think that Mary could do it, too.

Tom doesn't have a cat. However, Tom does have a dog, doesn't he?

He had never experienced real pain. The same could not, however, be said for his wife.

However, it wasn't the end of my issues with Tom.

However, the singer does not deny her ancestry.

However fast you may walk, you can't catch up with him.

However, it is good if one can speak English well.

However tired I may be, I must work.

However late you may be, be sure to wake me.

However fast you run, you won't be in time.

However small it may be, I want a house of my own.

I'll buy that old clock, however expensive it is.

However cold it may be, he still jogs 20 kilometers every day.

However hard I try, I can never catch up with him.

However hard you try, you can't finish it in a day.

It was very pleasant. However, it would have been more pleasant if I had been able to speak English fluently.

However hard it may rain, we will start tomorrow.

However hungry you are, you must eat slowly.

However hard I try, I can't do it any better than she can.

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And who pulled Frodo up the side of the mountain? Just think about however to- I remember now!

However life began on our planet, it eventually evolved to develop intelligence.

However, about the last night's incident, why don't you call him one day and scold harshly?

However, if you're that desperate, we will discuss about that.

However. only.. you, the poor soul who knows only the fact that you don't know anything.

However, it's very bothersome, as it's not fully cured.

However, she hadn't deliberately tried to kill me.

However, Declan always called himself Colonel Moutarde.

However, if you can't get into power, you can't effect any change.

We do, however, have proof of Peter's whereabouts the night of Evan's death.

However, I'll wager Miss Cherry would love to see this.

Promise me that however old we grow together, we will never become like them.

However, one day something happened of the greatest importance to everybody.

However being a little underweight he would ignore the insult.

However, colleague astronomers in Sydney, Australia had also started to do radio observations.

However, my squad stays here.

Don't know. However, there's no question that something went down here.

Say whatever you want. However, please remember one thing.

Forgive me. The plan was to keep an eye on the enemy. However, it was more than I'd bargained for.

However, such a move would be suicidal.

However, it seems that we've spoiled you a bit.

However our bodies might be refashioned, so long as we hold on to our souls, we will remain who we are, no matter what occurs.

However, my functions are still intact.

However, life span aside, even we can't survive getting our heads chopped off.

However, the day when this new race of humanity will clamor to anoint me as such is not far away.

However, throughout this hearing, he has shown the utmost impartiality.

However, one point has been contradicted by a witness whose honesty is above suspicion.

However, he hasn't been found.

But. However, if you're that desperate, we will discuss about that.

I forgo you the obligation to love me however from now on you will do whatever I tell you.

However, we'll do our best to get some food up here by evening.

However, these expenses of yours did concern us. in so far as the money might have come out of our till.

However, I promised Harry the first waltz.

HOWEVER, THIS TIME, I HAVE A VERY DEFINITE CLUE.

HOWEVER, DON'T YOU THINK PARIS IS CHARMING IN THE SPRING?

However, in two months I was on my way to the Amazon.

However, it may get me a little respect from your children.

However, I was commissioned to come to England. and with the completion of my work, I turned my mind to these. because it seemed to satisfy me more.

However, on September 22nd 1927. There arrives in Paris a short, squat smooth-shaven fellow. With a pigmentary mole on his right cheek.

I warn you, however.

However, it's not serious.

It must be shown, however, that all upstanding Germans become Nationalist Socialists.

News and current affairs

A few years ago, however, I started paying attention to space again.

This stance, however, has not prevented the spread of something for which a German word is used in other languages, too: Angst.

The third and most damaging flaw, however, is that the spending cuts come in the wrong places.

However, America's unilateral options are limited.

There is, however, a danger that it will have an adverse affect on the necessary national discussion about race.

This challenge, however, is very complex because deleveraging and rebalancing cannot be completed overnight.

A powerful president, however, is not necessarily wrong for Ukraine.

Only an imperial Russia, however, would dare reabsorb Ukraine.

Above all, however, the permanent public provision of cheap credit would ultimately lead to a lingering infirmity, if not to Europe's economic collapse, because the eurozone would become a central management system with state control over investment.

However tempting it may be to solve the puzzle by drawing new borders or establishing new entities, this conundrum cannot be resolved in terms of sovereignty.

Poor countries will be hit harder, however.

However, it is sometimes repressed that the massive use of force had been necessary to achieve that result.

The second, however, is probably still beyond its reach.

It is likely, however, that major governments will soon discover that the insecurity created by non-state cyber actors will require closer cooperation among governments.

For geo-strategists, however, the year that naturally comes to mind, in both politics and economics, is 1989.

The measure's second shortcoming, however, is that the spending reductions that it mandates are modest.

If handled correctly, however, the crisis may yet raise the esteem of the European Union and its institutions.

Tax reform, however, can provide spur retraining and maintain incentives to work, even while fixing gaping fiscal holes.

The world economy, however, is unlikely to look the same.

This orthodoxy, however, was also destined to fade away.

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