howandever
English
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edit- IPA(key): /ˌhaʊəndˈɛvə(ɹ)/, /ˌhaʊənˈɛvə(ɹ)/
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Adverb
edithowandever (not comparable)
- (Ireland, dialectal, conjunctive) However, nevertheless, anyway.
- 1860 November, William Carleton, “The Rapparee. A Historical Sketch. Chapter V.”, in Duffy's Hibernian Magazine, volume 1, number 5, Dublin, London: James Duffy, →OCLC, page 197:
- Such was his terror, howandever, of the Captain, that he was afeard either to go for the money himself, or to send for it by another.
- 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 12: Cyclops]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 298:
- So howandever, as I was saying, the old dog seeing the tin was empty starts mousing around by Joe and me. I'd train him by kindness, so I would, if he was my dog. Give him a rousing fine kick now and again where it wouldn't blind him.