Howbeit
[,hau'bi:it]
Definition
(conj.) Be it as it may; nevertheless; notwithstanding; although; albeit; yet; but; however.
Checker: Phelps
Definition
conj. be it how it may: notwithstanding: yet: however—(Spens.) How′be.
Typist: Vivienne
Examples
- When I became Joe's 'prentice, Orlick was perhaps confirmed in some suspicion that I should displace him; howbeit, he liked me still less. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Howbeit, it wore itself out in a shadowy corner, and then the dressmaker came forth, and washed her face, and made the tea. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Howbeit, Twemlow doth at length invest himself with collar and cravat and wristbands to his knuckles, and goeth forth to breakfast. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Howbeit in vain do they worship me, Teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Howbeit, impelled by innocence, she asks, What for? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Howbeit, for this poor place she showed an increasing love; and to sit in it alone became her favourite rest. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Typist: Vivienne