how's that for in English

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{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "how's that for (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2008, Jonathan Kellerman, Bad Love: Alex Delaware 8",
          "text": "'Buckets of blood, huh?' 'Big sloshing buckets. Every morning I wake up, praise the Lord and thank Him for all the iniquity - how's that for perverse?'",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to emphasise a particular quality"
      ],
      "id": "en-how's_that_for-en-adv-ZiNnHjkM",
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "how do you like that"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "how's that for"
}

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{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "how's that for (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "how do you like that"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English adverbs",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncomparable adverbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2008, Jonathan Kellerman, Bad Love: Alex Delaware 8",
          "text": "'Buckets of blood, huh?' 'Big sloshing buckets. Every morning I wake up, praise the Lord and thank Him for all the iniquity - how's that for perverse?'",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to emphasise a particular quality"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "how's that for"
}

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"how's that for" meaning in English

Adverb