Anyway
in any case; anyhow; nonetheless; regardless:
Whether you like it or not, I’m going anyway.
(used to continue or resume the thread of a story or account):
Anyway, we finally found a plumber who could come right over.
Contemporary Examples
The law stopped him from buying a gun–and he did it anyway.
There’s Little We Can Do to Prevent Another Massacre Megan McArdle December 16, 2012
But people continue to make the utterly baffling choice to refuse it anyway.
Thanks, Anti-Vaxxers. You Just Brought Back Measles in NYC. Russell Saunders March 12, 2014
Q: You were warned against setting impossible benchmarks for yourself, and you did it anyway.
Obama’s Crime Czar? Lloyd Grove May 27, 2009
Which I try to do anyway, if I know I’m having a special meal in the evening.
In Defense of the 5 O’Clock Reservation Megan McArdle October 11, 2012
Dodge was on his way to study the flute in Paris, but he decided to buy the bike, anyway.
Pryor Dodge’s Two-Wheeled Obsession Is Now a Museum of Bike History Anthony Haden-Guest September 14, 2014
Historical Examples
“I’d have quit it anyway if you had just said the word,” laughed her companion.
Tabitha’s Vacation Ruth Alberta Brown
I’d play that fur the heftiest moral courage I’ve ever showed, anyway.
The Spenders Harry Leon Wilson
“It seems like a fairy tale, anyway,” said Jessie, wide-eyed and pink-cheeked.
Lucile Triumphant Elizabeth M. Duffield
I need the out-doors, and anyway you don’t need me down there.
The Spenders Harry Leon Wilson
That wouldn’t prevent them from trying to capture the golden skull, anyway.
The Golden Skull John Blaine
adverb
in any case; at any rate; nevertheless; anyhow
in a careless or haphazard manner
Usually any way. in any manner; by any means
adv.
1560s, any way “in any manner;” variant any ways (with adverbial genitive) attested from c.1560. One-word form predominated from 1830s. As an adverbial conjunction, from 1859. Middle English in this sense had ani-gates “in any way, somehow” (c.1400).
Read Also:
- Anybodies
any person. a person of some importance: If you’re anybody, you’ll receive an invitation. anybody’s guess, a matter of conjecture: It’s anybody’s guess why she quit. Historical Examples She said she never saw anything like it on anybodies toomstone so I guess itll be all right. “Same old Bill, eh Mable!” Edward Streeter pronoun any […]
- Anybodys
any person. a person of some importance: If you’re anybody, you’ll receive an invitation. anybody’s guess, a matter of conjecture: It’s anybody’s guess why she quit. Historical Examples Woman, groaned Joseph Stagg, it doesnt matter whose fault it isor if its anybodys fault. Carolyn of the Corners Ruth Belmore Endicott The point is not his […]
- Anybody's guess
any person. a person of some importance: If you’re anybody, you’ll receive an invitation. anybody’s guess, a matter of conjecture: It’s anybody’s guess why she quit. pronoun any person; anyone (usually used with a negative or a question) a person of any importance: he isn’t anybody in this town noun (pl) -bodies (often preceded by […]
- Anyhoo
anyhow: Anyhoo, what do you think of my idea? Contemporary Examples anyhoo, the point is that we shouldn’t make it too attractive for holdouts to stick to their guns. Argentina Goes to Court (Again) Megan McArdle February 27, 2013 adverb Anyhow •Mispronunciation used for presumed humorous effect
- Anyhow
in any way whatever. in any case; at all events. in a careless manner; haphazardly. Contemporary Examples anyhow, Obama is too chilly by nature ever to be convincing as a human care package. The Mayors Who Can Revive America Tina Brown September 19, 2010 The couple had few surviving intimates and confidants, most of whom […]