howsofar
English
editEtymology
editFrom how + so + far. Compare insofar.
Preposition
edithowsofar
- To what degree.
- 1995, Australian Book Review,[1]:
- But just howsofar can the complex and politically sensitive story of Nanbaree be 'translated' into simple terms and words without trivialising it?
- However far.
- 1900, M. A. De Wolfe Howe, edited by Jeannette Leonard Gilder and Joseph Benson Gilder, Seasons[2]:
- These, howsofar I stray, shall work their spell,
And seem to bring my feet
Back to the ways remembered well,
Where with old friends, old loves,
I walked of yore.