howsoever

adv — 3 senses

howsoever

adv

US /ˌhaʊsoʊˈɛvəɹ/

Etymology From Middle English howsoevere, how-so-evere, how so evere. By surface analysis, how + so + ever.

1

Regardless of the way in which.

  • Howsoever they pleaded, their pleas went unheard.
2

In any manner whatsoever.

  • The party to this agreement may use the property whensoever and howsoever he or she pleases.
3

To whatever degree or extent.

  • Their evidence, howsoever true it may have been, was not believed.

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