Meaning of AT ANY RATE

WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[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]  if nothing else; "at least he survived"; "they felt--at any rate Jim felt--relieved though still wary"; "the influence of economists--or at any rate of economics--is far-reaching"; (`leastwise' is informal; `leastways' is colloquial)
	Synonyms:		anyhow, anyway, at least, in any case, in any event, leastways, leastwise
Thesaurus Terms
	Related Terms:		absolutely, after a fashion, after all, again, albeit, all the same, although, and no mistake, anyhow, anyway, anywise, appreciably, assuredly, at all, at all events, at best, at least, at most, at the least, at the most, at the outside, at worst, but, by all means, by any means, certainly, clearly, comparatively, decidedly, decisively, definitely, detectably, distinctly, even, even so, fairly, for a certainty, for a fact, for all that, for certain, for sure, forsooth, howbeit, however, in a manner, in a way, in any case, in any event, in any way, in part, in some measure, in truth, incompletely, indeed, indeedy, irregardless, just the same, leastwise, merely, mildly, moderately, modestly, most assuredly, most certainly, nevertheless, nohow, nonetheless, not comprehensively, not exhaustively, nothing else but, notwithstanding, of course, only, part, partially, partly, positively, pro tanto, purely, rather, regardless, relatively, simply, so far, somewhat, still, surely, though, thus far, to a certainty, to a degree, to some degree, tolerably, truly, unequivocally, unmistakably, visibly, when, yet