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
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
When they are not fully ripe, they are harsh and choakie, and furre in a man's mouth like allam, howbeit, being taken fully ripe, yt is a reasonable pleasant fruiet, somewhat lushious.
From Trees Worth Knowing by Julia Ellen Rogers
I wryte all thingis, howbeit thay be of lytill wecht, to the end that ze may tak the best of all to judge upon.
From Mary Queen of Scots 1542-1587 by Various
I had been able even to distinguish words, howbeit in a language that I did not comprehend.
From Treasure of Kings Being the Story of the Discovery of the \"Big Fish,\" or the Quest of the Greater Treasure of the Incas of Peru. by Charles Gilson
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