howsoever

[hou-soh-ev-er]

adverb

1. to whatsoever extent or degree.

2. in whatsoever manner.

howsoever

/ ˌhaʊsəʊˈɛvə /

1. a less common word for however

Word History and Origins

Origin of howsoever¹

Middle English word dating back to 1275–1325; how ¹, so ¹, ever

Example Sentences

What’s clear from this evidence is that the vast majority of people do not experience regret, howsoever defined, after transitioning genders.

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His hair was the brown of sodden straw, and it stuck out at awkward, seventeen-year-old angles, wet and comb it howsoever much he tried.

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Instead, the Queen's Speech will set out the legislation that will be needed howsoever we leave the EU.

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“Dean’s excuses are not designed to respond to reactions, howsoever deeply felt or unsettling, to an event such as a national election,” the dean of academic affairs, Mark Schenker, told the Yale Daily News.

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A cold-hearted view says that stability in leadership, howsoever achieved, tends to be better for markets than uncertainty and instability.

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