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whow

whow is the obsolete form of how.

Meaning of how

Adverb

how (not comparable)

  1. (interrogative, degree) To what degree or extent.
    • How often do you practice?
  2. (interrogative) In what manner
    • Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too.[…]But as a foundation for analysis it is highly subjective: it rests on difficult decisions about what...2013 August 3, “Boundary problems”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847
  3. (interrogative) By what means.
    • How do you solve this puzzle? –Sorry, I can't remember how.
    Synonyms:
    wherewithal, wherein
  4. (interrogative) With overtones of why, for what reason.
    • How should I know whether he likes raisins or not? Ask him!
  5. (interrogative) In what form, shape, measure, quantity, etc.
    • How are you fixed for money?
  6. (interrogative) With what meaning or effect.
    • How the stock market interprets events has real consequences.

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Questions about whow

What is whow the obsolete form of?
Whow is the obsolete form of how.

Words near whow in the dictionary

  1. whott
  2. Whotton
  3. Whottons
  4. Whovian
  5. Whovians
  6. whow
  7. whoze
  8. whoëver
  9. WHP
  10. WHQ
  11. WHQs

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