however

About 498.86 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adverb Nevertheless; yet, still; in spite of that.

   He told me not to do it. However, I did it anyway. / I did it anyway, however. / I, however, did it anyway.

2. adverb In contrast.

   The conference itself went very well. The party afterwards, however, was a disaster.

3. adverb Regardless of how; no matter how

   However clear you think you've been, and however many questions you may've answered, there'll always remain some doubts.

4. adverb Regardless of how; regardless of the way in which.

   Let me know when you've had your interview, however it goes.

5. adverb In any way in which; how.

   She offered to help however she could.

6. adverb In any way that one likes or chooses; in a haphazard or spontaneous way.

   I don't care; just do it however.

7. adverb 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?

8. adverb In any case, at any rate, at all events.

Similar words

nevertheless nonetheless notwithstanding even so withal yet how still all the same though

Often followed by

the much it that this in they is small