It means “after whatever fashion.” I didn’t learn this in school — my high-school Latin stopped somewhere around “Petrus Cuniculus in arbo cum eius tres fratribus, Flopsus, Mopsus, Cottontalusque habuit.” I saw it on a slide in a history-of-mathematics lecture and had to go find out what it meant. Emmanuel just pointed out to me that, while “quomodocumque” hasn’t yet made it as an English loan-word, the OED does have the related “quomodocunquize,” meaning “to make money however one can.” The most recent cite is 1652, but in these near-recessionary times, quomodocunquizing — or even all-out quomodocunquism — may be poised for a comeback.
Hey, this is a bit disappointing. I guess I knew vaguely what it means, but I thought you had intended it as a clever parody of the ubiquitous teenage conversation stopper
‘Whatever.’
Is it?
I’m not that clever!
Not to be confused with Quasi Modo Cumquat …
But how do you pronounce it?
Quomodocumque.
To see the word used in a sentence, visit here:
http://vukutu.com/blog/2017/04/ho-ho/