| dictionary | A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
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| ADVERB | 1 | how | To what extent or amount or degree |
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| 2 | how, however | In what way or manner or by what means (`however' is sometimes used as an intensive form of `how') |
| Sounds | hhaw' |
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| Rhymes | anyhow, hao, Howe, and 2 more rhymes in hhaw at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | To what extent or amount or degree. |
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| Examples | "how tall is she?" |
| Meaning | In what way or manner or by what means (`however' is sometimes used as an intensive form of `how'). |
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| Examples | "how did you catch the snake?"; "he told us how he did it"; "however did you get here so soon?" |
| Synonyms | however |
| Usage | intensifier, intensive |