How /(?)/

How

adv.
  1. In what manner or way; by what means or process.
    How can a man be born when he is old?
    — John iii. 4.
  2. To what degree or extent, number or amount; in what proportion; by what measure or quality.
    O, how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
    — Ps. cxix. 97.
    By how much they would diminish the present extent of the sea, so much they would impair the fertility, and fountains, and rivers of the earth.
  3. For what reason; from what cause.
    How now, my love! why is your cheek so pale?
  4. In what state, condition, or plight.
    How, and with what reproach, shall I return?
  5. By what name, designation, or title.
    How art thou called?
  6. At what price; how dear. [Obs.]
    How a score of ewes now?
    Let me beg you -- don't say “How?” for “What?”