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howsoever

howsoever

9.2
In any way you choose
  • adverb
  • /haʊˈsoʊvər/
  • Formal
translation icon : de cualquier manera
  • You can choose to study howsoever you like, whether it be in a group or alone.

Examples

  • Number Johnny Five cannot be sold in any way howsoever.

    Short Circuit 2 (1988)

  • Their garret studios, howsoever remote, must let in light and its prism of colors.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • How striking it can be to hear your native language being spoken in a foreign land, howsoever imperfectly, and our ears naturally prick up to the sound.

    Blog text (14)

  • Enter and be welcome to partake of my grace for howsoever long it pleases my regal condescension.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • Feel free to express your opinions howsoever you wish, as everyone is encouraged to share.

  • The project can be completed howsoever necessary, to meet the specific requirements of the client.

Synonyms

anyway
vshowsoever
435 1.0

In whatever way is possible to finish something

is like this but often used for general statements about extent
however
vshowsoever
149 1.8

In whatever way something happens

is similar but stresses extent as well as manner
anyhow
vshowsoever
34 2.3

To do something in any way possible

focuses more on degree and manner rather than available means

Antonyms

never
∞ 1.0

At no time in the past or future, not ever

not at all
331 1.0

In no way

Surface Forms

howsoever positive

Morphology

howsoever = how (semi-transparent) = how + soever

The word is historically built from 'how' plus the archaic intensifying element 'soever', so the general meaning is recoverable even though the form is not productive in modern English.

Etymology

The word howsoever is simply how + so + ever, which together mean 'in whatever way' or 'however'. That's why it shows you can do something 'no matter how' it happens.