however

Nevertheless; yet, still; in spite of that.conjunctivenot-comparable

• He told me not to do it. However, I did it anyway. / I did it anyway, however. / I, however, did it anyway.
• She wanted to go; however, she decided against it.

In contrast.conjunctivenot-comparable

• The conference itself went very well. The party afterwards, however, was a disaster.

Regardless of how; no matter hownot-comparable

• However clear you think you've been, and however many questions you may've answered, there'll always remain some doubts.
• Any rule of thumb, however true (it is), is useless unless you understand its underlying logic.

Regardless of how; regardless of the way in which.not-comparable

• Let me know when you've had your interview, however it goes.
• However we do this, it isn't going to work.

In any way in which; how.not-comparable

• She offered to help however she could.
• Wear your hair however you want.

In any way that one likes or chooses; in a haphazard or spontaneous way.informalnot-comparable

• I don't care; just do it however.
• Nothing was really planned; things just happened however.

How ever: an emphatic form of how, used to ask in what manner.interrogativenot-comparable

• I thought it was impossible. However were you able to do it?

In any case, at any rate, at all events.not-comparableobsolete

• Our chief end and highest interest is happiness : And this is happiness to be freed from all (if it may) [or] however from the greatest evils.

But, yet, though, although.proscribed

• *She wanted to go, however she decided against it.