Howsofar

prep

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Definitions

Preposition
  1. 1
    To what degree.

    "But just howsofar can the complex and politically sensitive story of Nanbaree be 'translated' into simple terms and words without trivialising it?"

  2. 2
    However far.

    "These, howsofar I stray, shall work their spell, And seem to bring my feet Back to the ways remembered well, Where with old friends, old loves, I walked of yore."

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"But just howsofar can the complex and politically sensitive story of Nanbaree be 'translated' into simple terms and words without trivialising it?"

Etymology

From how + so + far. Compare insofar.

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