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/ˌhaʊəndˈɛvə(ɹ)/ · adverb
(Ireland, dialectal, conjunctive) However, nevertheless, anyway..
Such was his terror, howandever, of the Captain, that he was afeard either to go for the money himself, or to send for it by another.
So howandever, as I was saying, the old dog seeing the tin was empty starts mousing around by Joe and me. I'd train him by kindness, so I would, if he was my dog. Give him a rousing fine kick now and again where it wouldn't blind him.
Howandever, at the selfsame time, there was a gang of fellas from the valley of kings follying the very same pointy star. And didn't that pointy star point them king-fellas in the direction of Mary's cowstable.
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Howandever means (Ireland, dialectal, conjunctive) However, nevertheless, anyway..
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Such was his terror, howandever, of the Captain, that he was afeard either to go for the money himself, or to send for it by another.
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