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howsoever
US/ˌhaʊsoʊˈɛvəɹ/
adverb
What it means
- Regardless of the way in which.
Howsoever they pleaded, their pleas went unheard.
- In any manner whatsoever.
The party to this agreement may use the property whensoever and howsoever he or she pleases.
- To whatever degree or extent.
Their evidence, howsoever true it may have been, was not believed.
In a sentence
Howsoever they pleaded, their pleas went unheard.
Where it comes from
- Middle Englishhowsoevere
- Englishhowsoever
From Middle English howsoevere, how-so-evere, how so evere. By surface analysis, how + so + ever.
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