The state or condition of how a person, object, or thing is.

The manner or way in which. / In any way in which; in whatever way; however. / That, the fact that.

The means by which something is accomplished.

A greeting, used in representations of Native American speech.

(interrogative) To what degree or extent. / By what means. / With overtones of why, for what reason. / In what form, shape, measure, quantity, etc. / With what meaning or effect.

(dialectal) An artificial barrow or tumulus. / (dialectal) A small hill in northern England. (Usage preserved mainly in place names.)

A village in Norfolk, England. / A village in Hambleton district, North Yorkshire, England. / An English topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived by a small hill.

Contraction of how is. / Contraction of how has. / Contraction of how does.

Alternative spelling of hows; plural of how

(idiomatic) Used to strongly confirm the preceding utterance.