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1. | [ adverb ] to what extent or amount or degree | |
Examples: | "how tall is she?" |
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2. | [ adverb ] in what way or manner or by what means | |
Synonyms: | however | |
Examples: | "how did you catch the snake?" "he told us how he did it" (`however' is used as an intensive of `how' as in "however did you get here so soon?") |
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Related terms: | intensifier | |
3. | [ conjunction ] conjunction, illustrates the manner in which | |
Synonyms: | in_what_way | |
Examples: | "We don't know how he got the money." |
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4. | [ [Undefined_variable] ] pronoun | |
Synonyms: | in_what_way | |
Similar spelling: |
howe Ho Howie Howey hoy Hou hoe Hoa Hoye hoya Hoey hooey H |