howsoever

adv
/ˌhaʊsoʊˈɛvəɹ/US

Etymology

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

  1. inherited from howsoevere

Definitions

  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.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA