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  • adverb archaic however, by whatever means.

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Examples

  • In they all came, one after another; some shyly, some boldly, some gracefully, some awkwardly, some pushing, some pulling; in they all came, anyhow and everyhow.

    A Christmas Carol 2007

  • In they all came, one after another; some shyly, some boldly, some gracefully, some awkwardly, some pushing, some pulling; in they all came, anyhow and everyhow.

    A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, Stave 2 The First of the Three Spirits | Solar Flare: Science Fiction News 2004

  • And something tells me, I do not know what it is — perhaps it is the ever-living hopefulness of my own nature, perhaps it is the natural presumption born out of an abundant and glowing vitality, or the outcome of an overweening confidence in oneself — anyhow and everyhow, something tells me to-night I shall find him, and — write it larger — find him! find him!

    How I Found Livingstone Henry Morton 2004

  • After leaving the beach, clambered over crags, all shattered and tossed about everyhow; in some parts curiously worn and hollowed out, almost into caverns.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866 Various

  • In they all came, one after another; some shyly, some boldly, some gracefully, some awkwardly, some pushing, some pulling; in they all came, anyhow and everyhow.

    Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6 Charles Herbert Sylvester

  • In came the boy from over the way, who was suspected of not having board enough from his master, trying to hide himself behind the girl from next door but one who was proved to have had her ears pulled by her mistress; in they all came, anyhow and everyhow.

    Christmas Its Origin, Celebration and Significance as Related in Prose and Verse Robert Haven Schauffler 1921

  • In came the boy from over the way, who was suspected of not having board enough from his master, trying to hide himself behind the girl from next door but one who was proved to have had her ears pulled by her mistress; in they all came, anyhow and everyhow.

    The Children's Book of Christmas Stories Asa Don Dickinson 1918

  • It blows everyhow and at random as though in anger at seeing them so ready.

    On Something Hilaire Belloc 1911

  • In they all came, one after another; some shyly, some boldly, some gracefully, some awkwardly, some pushing, some pulling; in they all came, anyhow and everyhow.

    A Budget of Christmas Tales by Charles Dickens and Others Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing 1892

  • Jennie Barton and her cousin Laura gave a sweet duo, in rather a tearing style, Jennie being a fast young lady everyhow; another lady sang a

    Not Pretty, but Precious Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford 1878

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