Meaning of ANYHOW
| Pronunciation: | | 'enee`haw
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- [adv] used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement; "Anyhow, he is dead now"; "I think they're asleep; anyhow, they're quiet"; "I don't know what happened to it; anyway, it's gone"; "anyway, there is another factor to consider"; "I don't know how it started; in any case, there was a brief scuffle"; "in any event, the government faced a serious protest"; "but at any rate he got a knighthood for it"
- [adv] in any way whatsoever; "they came anyhow they could"; "get it done anyway you can"
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| | Synonyms: | | anyway, at any rate, in any case, in any event |
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| | Definition: | | \A"ny*how`\, adv.
In any way or manner whatever; at any rate; in any event.
Anyhow, it must be acknowledged to be not a simple
selforiginated error. --J. H.
Newman.
Anyhow, the languages of the two nations were closely
allied. --E. A.
Freeman.
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| | Related Terms: | | airily, any old way, any which way, anyway, anywise, at all, at any rate, at random, bunglingly, by any means, carelessly, casually, clumsily, cursorily, disregardfully, forgetfully, haphazard, haphazardly, heedlessly, helter-skelter, hit and miss, hit or miss, however, in any case, in any event, in any way, inattentively, inconsiderately, irregardless, messily, nevertheless, nohow, nonetheless, offhand, offhandedly, once over lightly, perfunctorily, promiscuously, random, randomly, recklessly, regardless, regardlessly, slapdash, sloppily, tactlessly, thoughtlessly, unguardedly, unheedfully, unheedingly, unmindfully, unsolicitously, unthinkingly, unvigilantly, unwarily |
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