however
/haʊˈɛvɚ/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.58 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
Nevertheless; yet, still; in spite of that.
adv
adv
Regardless of how; no matter how
adv
Regardless of how; regardless of the way in which.
adv
In any way in which; how.
Example Sentences
- "He told me not to do it. However, I did it anyway. / I did it anyway, however. / I, however, did it anyway."
- "She wanted to go; however, she decided against it."
- "I didn't argue with him; I still think, however, that he is wrong."
- "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."
- "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."
- "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."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /haʊˈɛvɚ/
- British English: /haʊˈɛvə/