howbeit
Americanadverb
conjunction
conjunction
Etymology
Origin of howbeit
1350–1400; Middle English how be it however it may be; parallel to albeit
Example Sentences
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When I became Joe’s ’prentice, Orlick was perhaps confirmed in some suspicion that I should displace him; howbeit, he liked me still less.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
And He said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto Thee; remove this cup from Me: howbeit not what I will, but what Thou wilt.
From The Gospel According to St. Mark by G. A. Chadwick
“Moly,” the gods call it, but it is hard for mortal men to dig, howbeit with the gods all things are possible.’
From Custom and Myth New Edition by Andrew Lang
They say that fourteen years at least have passed since she last went away; howbeit they believe her to have lived in chastity.
From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Eileen Power
As to me, howbeit I heir no farther newes from yow.
From Mary Queen of Scots 1542-1587 by Various
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