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howe'er

[ hou-air ]

adverb

  1. contraction of however.


howe'er

/ haʊˈɛə /

sentence connector

  1. a poetic contraction of however
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

Today’s, howe’er, are faves of mine ...

The GOPers were free to write their own Platform, howe er they wished.

For public service grateful nations raise Proud structures, which excite to deeds of praise; While private services, in corners thrown, Howe’er deserving, never gain a stone.

Others, in defiance of the old nursery rhyme— ‘I must not dip, howe’er I wish, My spoon or finger in the dish;’ are perpetually helping themselves in this very straightforward and unsophisticated manner.

Pride, Howe'er disguised in its own majesty, Is littleness; and he who feels contempt For any living thing, hath faculties Which he has never used.

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