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However vs Howsomever - What's the difference?

however | howsomever |

As conjunctions the difference between however and howsomever

is that however is in whatever manner (that) while howsomever is (archaic) however.

As an adverb however

is (lb) nevertheless, nonetheless, even so, that said, in spite of this.

however

English

(POS mixed up)

Adverb

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  • (lb) Nevertheless, nonetheless, even so, that said, in spite of this.
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  • *: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.
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  • , chapter=2, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=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.}}
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=72-3, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= A punch in the gut , passage=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.}}
  • (lb) To whatever degree.
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  • (lb) In whatever way.
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  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-21, author=(Oliver Burkeman)
  • , volume=189, issue=2, page=48, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= The tao of tech , passage=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.}}
  • In what way?; how?
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  • Usage notes

    * (nevertheless) Strunk and White’s (The Elements of Style)'' argues that the adverb ''however , in its sense of nevertheless, should be avoided at the beginning of a sentence.

    Synonyms

    * after all * but * nevertheless * nonetheless * notwithstanding * though * that said * still and all

    Conjunction

    (English Conjunctions)
  • In whatever manner (that).
  • Do it however you want.
  • To whatever extent.
  • However far he may get, there'll be many that get further.
    However much you prepare for the exam, there will still be a few questions on which you won't be sure of the answer.
  • (proscribed) Although, though, but, yet.
  • Usage notes

    *

    (although) The use of however'' as a conjunction meaning "but" is identical to its use as a clause-initial adverb meaning "nevertheless", except in punctuation (when written) and in prosody (when spoken). Hence, the following proscribed sentence:

    (proscribed) ''He told me not to do it, however''' I did it.''

    is equivalent to the following accepted one:

    (accepted) ''He told me not to do it; '''however , I did it.''

    In particular, when used as a conjunction in this sense, ''however always appears between the clauses it connects; it does not introduce a true subordinate clause that can be moved to the start of an independent clause, because a conjunctive adverb cannot do that.

    Statistics

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    References

    * * * * " however (degree)" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (Cambridge University Press, 2007) * " however (despite)" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (Cambridge University Press, 2007) * " however (way)" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (Cambridge University Press, 2007) * * Oxford English Dictionary , second edition (1989) * Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary (1987-1996)

    howsomever

    English

    Conjunction

    (English Conjunctions)
  • (archaic) however
  • * {{quote-book, year=1911, author=James Otis, title=The Minute Boys of the Mohawk Valley, chapter=, edition= citation
  • , passage=There's one thing certain, howsomever , which is that jest now an hundred of our people could walk through the entire encampment without bein' called upon to spill a drop of blood." }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1894, author=Edward S. Ellis, title=Brave Tom, chapter=, edition= citation
  • , passage=The old woman is over to one of the neighbors', and there ain't no one home but me; howsomever , I'm equal to any two." }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1892, author=Ambrose Bierce, title=Black Beetles in Amber, chapter=, edition= citation
  • , passage="I've come, howsomever , your mind to light With a more superior fire: You'll have naught hencefor'ard to do but write, While I sets by and inspire. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1890, author=Josiah Allen's Wife (Marietta Holley), title=Samantha Among the Brethren, Complete, chapter=, edition= citation
  • , passage=But, howsomever , Cephas wuz took sick, Sally Ann wuzn't able to do anything for their support, S. Annie wuz took down with the typhus, and so it happened the very day the monument wuz brought to the Loontown cemetery, Cephas Bodley's folks wuz carried to the county house, S. Annie, the children and all. }}

    Synonyms

    * howsoever