any old how vs howsoever

any old how

adv
  • In any way or manner, without particularly caring which is chosen; anyhow. 

howsoever

adv
  • In any manner whatsoever. 

  • To whatever degree or extent. 

  • Regardless of the way in which. 

How often have the words any old how and howsoever occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )