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hows

noun as in why

Weak match

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Example Sentences

As lead counsel, Cuccinelli fielded questions about the legal whys and hows of the suit.

Unless they are going to have an August push in France they might at least have lent us forty-eight 4.5 hows.

Hows'ever, none on 'em answered; so they gave out that he'd run away, and she kep' on the bis'ness.

It warn't much—execution for nine pound nothin', multiplied by five for costs; but hows'ever here he stopped for seventeen year.

Hows'ever, there is no use in looking out for the worst--we shall know all about it, when the ship gets in.

The Boches put some big 'hows' and a couple of 'pip-squeak' batteries on to us just when we were replenishing.

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On this page you'll find 5 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to hows, such as: cause, motive, mystery, proof, and how.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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