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Meaning of ANYHOW

Pronunciation:  'enee`haw

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [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"
  2. [adv]  in any way whatsoever; "they came anyhow they could"; "get it done anyway you can"
 

ANYHOW is a 6 letter word that starts with A.

 

 Synonyms: anyway, at any rate, in any case, in any event
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 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.
 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 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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