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- <a class="oxford3000" href="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/wordlist/english/oxford3000/"> </a></span><span class="def" id="however__13">used with an adjective or adverb to mean ‘to whatever degree’</span><span class="x-gs" id="however__14"><span class="x-g" id="however__15"> <span class="rx-g" id="however__16" resource="recx" source="ald9"><span class="x" id="however__17">He wanted to take no risks, however small.</span></span></span><span class="x-g" id="however__20"> <span class="rx-g" id="however__21" resource="recx" source="ald9"><span class="x" id="however__22">She has the window open, however cold it is outside.</span></span></span><span class="x-g" id="however__25"> <span class="rx-g" id="however__26" resource="recx" source="ald9"><span class="x" id="however__27">However carefully I explained, she still didn't understand.</span></span></span></span> <span class="un" id="however__30" un="help">When <span class="eb" id="however__31">ever</span> is used to emphasize <span class="eb" id="however__32">how</span>, meaning ‘In what way or manner?’, it is usually written as a separate word<span class="x-gs" id="however__33"><span class="x-g" id="however__34"><span class="rx-g" id="however__35" resource="recx" source="ald9"><span class="x" id="however__36"><span class="cl"><strong>How ever</strong></span> did you get here so quickly?</span></span></span></span></span></li><li class="sn-g" id="however__40" ox3000="y"><span class="num">2 </span><span class="sym_first">
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