howsofar

English

Etymology

From how +‎ so +‎ far. Compare insofar.

Preposition

howsofar

1. To what degree.
   • 1995, Australian Book Review,‎^[1]:

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

2. However far.
   • 1900, M. A. De Wolfe Howe, edited by Jeannette Leonard Gilder and Joseph Benson Gilder, Seasons‎^[2]:

     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.