However

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In whatever manner; to whatever extent or degree: as, however badly or rudely one may act; however distant from the starting-point.
  • At all events; in any case; by any means.
  • [However often occurs in recent colloquial or provincial use, chiefly in England, for how, interrogative and relative, where the proper usage is however, one or more words intervening. So whatever is similarly used for whatever.
  • Nevertheless; notwithstanding; yet; still: as, a costly article, which, however, is worth the price.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • conjunction. Nevertheless; notwithstanding; yet; still; though
  • adverb. In whetever manner, way, or degree.
  • adverb. At all events; at least; in any case.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adverb. Nevertheless, nonetheless, even so, that said, in spite of this.
  • adverb. To whatever degree.
  • adverb. In what way; how.
  • conjunction. In whatever manner.
  • conjunction. To whatever extent.
  • conjunction. Although, though, but, yet.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adverb. despite anything to the contrary (usually following a concession)
  • adverb. by contrast; on the other hand
  • adverb. in whatever way or manner
  • adverb. to whatever degree or extent
  • Word Usage
    "The word Lent, however, comes from the Anglo-Saxon word lengthen, which means: Spring."
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning