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# howdy

«howdy» in Mova's school dictionary: **a casual greeting, like «hello» or «hi»; it is mostly…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

interjection (informal)

### meaning for a pupil

Howdy is a casual greeting, like «hello» or «hi»; it is mostly used in the United States and in old stories. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/howdy/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in the tales a character says «Howdy» when meeting a friend, showing a friendly, relaxed manner

### examples

- «Howdy, Daddy Ben?» said the stranger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/howdy/#x1)
- When Sam came in, he said, «Howdy!» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/howdy/#x2)
- The farmer waved and called out, «Howdy, neighbour!» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/howdy/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «howdy» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/howdy/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.