nohow

American

[noh-hou] / ˈnoʊˌhaʊ /

adverb

Nonstandard.

under no circumstances; in no way (usually preceded by another negative).

I can't learn this nohow.

nohow British

/ ˈnəʊˌhaʊ /

adverb

not_standard (in negative constructions)
1. under any conditions
2. in any manner

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Etymology

Origin of nohow

First recorded in 1765–75; no ² + how ¹

Example Sentences

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“Huck and Jim” can’t seem to catch a break nohow.

From The New Yorker • May 4, 2015

She agreed: "Folks allers say nobody gits sick from being baptized and I believes hit; but 'tain't cold today, nohow."

From Time Magazine Archive

At my age," Lanza has said, "Caruso was nowhere, nohow, nothing.

From Time Magazine Archive

His enemies, he said, 'ain't worth hating, nohow.'

From Time Magazine Archive

“Look like it weren’t His will. Look like I couldn’t nohow forget...how they done me way back there when I weren’t nothing but a girl.”

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin

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