どんなに(こと)か (donnani koto ka)

How very ~!; no matter how much ~

Meaning & usage

どんなに(こと)か expresses the degree or extent of something, often in an exclamation or embedded question like 'how very ~ it is'. It follows an adjective or verb in plain form, with か marking the embedded clause. In the pattern どんなに~ても it instead means 'no matter how much one does ~'.

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