Usually means: In any way or manner.
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  1. howsoever: Merriam-Webster
  2. howsoever: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. howsoever: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. howsoever: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Howsoever, howsoever: Wordnik
  6. howsoever: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. howsoever: Wiktionary
  8. howsoever: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. howsoever: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. howsoever: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Howsoever, howsoever: Dictionary.com
  12. Howsoever: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. howsoever: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. Howsoever: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. howsoever: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  16. howsoever: FreeDictionary.org
  17. howsoever: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adverb:  Regardless of the way in which.
▸ adverb:  In any manner whatsoever.
▸ adverb:  To whatever degree or extent.

Similar:
howso, howsever, everyhow, howe'er, anyhow, notwithstanding, whereinsoever, anyway, nonetheless, howsomedever, more...

Opposite:
nevertheless, nonetheless, regardless

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Similar:
howso, howsever, everyhow, howe'er, anyhow, notwithstanding, whereinsoever, anyway, nonetheless, howsomedever, more...

Opposite:
nevertheless, nonetheless, regardless



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