Usually means: Despite that, introduces contrasting statement.
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We found 28 dictionaries that define the word however:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. however: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. however: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. however: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. however: Collins English Dictionary
  5. however: Vocabulary.com
  6. HOwever, However, However, however, however: Wordnik
  7. however: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. however: Wiktionary
  9. however: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. however: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. however: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. However, however: Dictionary.com
  13. however: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. However (song), However: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. However: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. however: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. however: Rhymezone
  18. however: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. however: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. however: Free Dictionary
  21. however: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. however: Dictionary/thesaurus
  23. However: Wordnik

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. however: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. however: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adverb:  (conjunctive) Nevertheless; yet, still; in spite of that.
adverb:  (conjunctive) In contrast.
adverb:  (degree) To whatever degree or extent.
adverb:  (informal, manner) In any way that one likes or chooses; in a haphazard or spontaneous way.
adverb:  (interrogative) How ever: an emphatic form of how, used to ask in what manner.
adverb:  (obsolete) In any case, at any rate, at all events.

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