Meaning

2 senses

  1. How?; In what way?

    The city of Melbourne has much more culture than Sydney. ― How so?

  2. (idiomatic)Why?; For what reason?

    I'm feeling really depressed. ― How so?

    wieso

Examples

54 sentences

  1. How come you're so nice to me?

    Чому ти такий добрий по відношенню до мене? — deniko

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  2. How come you're so busy?

    Чому ти такий зайнятий? — deniko

    ruЧем это ты так занят? — sharptoothed

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  3. I wonder how Tom got so rich.

    ruИнтересно, как Том так разбогател. — marafon

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  4. How can something so simple become so complicated?

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  5. I don't understand how things went so wrong.

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Translations

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Origin

From ellipsis of "how is that so?", and also continuing Middle English how-so, hou-so, hu

From ellipsis of "how is that so?", and also continuing Middle English how-so, hou-so, hu se (“however, in whatsoever way”). Compare West Frisian hoesa (“how so, why”), Dutch hoezo (“how so, why”), German Low German woso (“how so, why”), German wieso (“how so, why”), Swedish hurså (“how so”). By surface analysis, how + so.

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See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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how so — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto