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how's that for

how's that for adverb: used to emphasise a particular quality.

Adverb

how's that for (not comparable)

  1. Used to emphasise a particular quality
    • 'Buckets of blood, huh?' 'Big sloshing buckets. Every morning I wake up, praise the Lord and thank Him for all the iniquity - how's that for perverse?'2008, Jonathan Kellerman, Bad Love: Alex Delaware 8

Questions about how's that for

What does how's that for mean?
How's that for means used to emphasise a particular quality.
What part of speech is how's that for?
How's that for is an adverb.

Words near how's that for in the dictionary

  1. how's it going
  2. how's it hanging
  3. how's life
  4. how's that
  5. how's that again
  6. how's that for
  7. how's the weather
  8. how's the weather up there
  9. how's them apples
  10. how's things
  11. how's tricks

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