howeveradv/haʊˈɛvə/

• 1

  Nevertheless; yet, still; in spite of that.

  • He told me not to do it. However, I did it anyway. / I did it anyway, however. / I, however, did it anyway.
  • She wanted to go; however, she decided against it.
• 2

  In contrast.

  • The conference itself went very well. The party afterwards, however, was a disaster.
  • It appears, however, that Korsch took the view that a revolutionary theory must be the 'expression' of a movement, and not an instrument forged outside the movement by leaders or theoreticians.
• 3

  Regardless of how; no matter how

  • However clear you think you've been, and however many questions you may've answered, there'll always remain some doubts.
  • Any rule of thumb, however true (it is), is useless unless you understand its underlying logic.
• 4

  mannerRegardless of how; regardless of the way in which.

  • Let me know when you've had your interview, however it goes.
  • However we do this, it isn't going to work.
• 5

  mannerIn any way in which; how.

  • She offered to help however she could.
  • Wear your hair however you want.
• 6

  informalmannerIn any way that one likes or chooses; in a haphazard or spontaneous way.

  • I don't care; just do it however.
  • Nothing was really planned; things just happened however.
• 7

  How ever: an emphatic form of how, used to ask in what manner.

  • I thought it was impossible. However were you able to do it?
• 8

  obsoleteIn any case, at any rate, at all events.

  • Our chief end and highest interest is happiness : And this is happiness to be freed from all (if it may) [or] however from the greatest evils.

howeverconj/haʊˈɛvə/

• 1

  But, yet, though, although.

  • *She wanted to go, however she decided against it.