Definitions

howbeit

[hau-bee-it] / haʊˈbi ɪt /

Part of Speech:

All (10) Adverb (5) Conjunction (4) Preposition (1)

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however adv.
nevertheless adv.
still and all adv.
though adv.
yet adv.
still conj.
though conj.
when conj.
while conj.
notwithstanding prep.

ADVERB

however

Synonyms

STRONGEST

nevertheless nonetheless notwithstanding still yet

STRONG

all the same be that as it may but despite for all that in spite of that just the same regardless

WEAK

after all anyhow on the other hand per contra though withal without regard to

ADVERB

nevertheless

Synonyms

STRONGEST

still though yet

STRONG

nonetheless notwithstanding withal

WEAK

after all although but even so even though not the less regardless still and all

ADVERB

still and all

Synonyms

WEAK

after all all the same be that as it may besides but even for all that furthermore however nevertheless nonetheless notwithstanding though withal yet

ADVERB

though

Synonyms

STRONGEST

nevertheless still

WEAK

after all all the same for all that nonetheless notwithstanding still and all withal

ADVERB

yet

Synonyms

STRONGEST

even so however in spite of that nevertheless nonetheless notwithstanding still

STRONG

all the same be that as it may for all that just the same

WEAK

but still and all withal

CONJUNCTION

still

Synonyms

STRONGEST

even so nevertheless nonetheless regardless yet

STRONG

however notwithstanding

WEAK

but despite the fact still and all

CONJUNCTION

though

Synonyms

STRONGEST

although even if even though yet

STRONG

despite the fact notwithstanding

WEAK

albeit despite

CONJUNCTION

when

Synonyms

WEAK

albeit although at at the same time during immediately upon just after just as meanwhile much as whereas while

CONJUNCTION

while

Synonyms

WEAK

albeit although much as though when whereas

PREPOSITION

notwithstanding

Synonyms

STRONG

nevertheless nonetheless withal

WEAK

after all against at any rate but despite for all that in any case in any event in spite of on the other hand regardless of though to the contrary

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howbeit

When I became Joe’s ’prentice, Orlick was perhaps confirmed in some suspicion that I should displace him; howbeit, he liked me still less.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

And I pray yowr lo. rest fully perswaded of me and all that I hew promesed; for I am resolved, howbeit it ver to dy the morne.

From James VI and the Gowrie Mystery by Andrew Lang

In good faith I had once again nigh forgotten your Faerie Queene; howbeit, by good chance, I have now sent her home at the last neither in better or worse case than I found her.

From Spenser by R. W. (Richard William) Church

I wryte all thingis, howbeit thay be of lytill wecht, to the end that ze may tak the best of all to judge upon.

From Mary Queen of Scots 1542-1587 by Various

And He said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto Thee; remove this cup from Me: howbeit not what I will, but what Thou wilt.

From The Gospel According to St. Mark by G. A. Chadwick

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