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[ adverb ] used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement
Synonyms Examples "Anyhow, he is dead now" "I don't know what happened to it anyway, it's gone" "in any case, there was a brief scuffle" "but at any rate he got a knighthood for it" Used in print (Dell Shannon, The Ace of Spades....)Yes , well , it 's a pity to spoil your girlish figure - which all those kittens would do anyway - but I think when you 've raised these we 'll just have the vet fix it so there won n't be any more . (Harry Olesker, Impact....)Speak to him again anyway . (Breni James, Nights of the Kill....)Language was no problem anyway ; Mr._Phillips had only to signal from his doorway to summon aid from the ubiquitous bilingual children who played on the sidewalks of Mission_Street . (George Harmon Coxe, Error of Judgement....)And anyway Burton was not the kind of guy who would be likely to get in_trouble even when he was drunk . (Jim Thompson, The Transgressors....)Why did these yokels still wear boots , anyway , when most had scarcely sat a horse in years ? |
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[ adverb ] in any way whatsoever
Synonyms Examples "they came anyhow they could" "get it done anyway you can" |
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