[L. ‘in what way?’] The quomodo, the manner, way, means.
1671. Evelyn, Corr. (1879), III. 383. The difference between us and the Church of Rome consists chiefly in the definition of the manner of the change; the quomodo or modus.
1749. Fielding, Tom Jones, VII. xv. Northerton was desirous of departing and nothing remained for him but to contrive the quomodo.
1791. Burke’s Corr. (1844), III. 318. I cannot persuade myself that the obstacle is not to be removed. The quomodo is the thing to be considered.
1828. Congress Debates, IV. II. 2724 (Stanf.). The quo modo of executing it is left to the wisdom of the government.
