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anyway
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adverbial anyway has 2 senses
- anyway(r = adv.all) anyhow, anyways, at any rate, in any case, in any event - 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"
- anyway(r = adv.all) anyhow - in any way whatsoever; "they came anyhow they could"; "get it done anyway you can"
OXFORD DICTIONARY
anyway, adv.
1 in any way or manner.
2 at any rate.
3 in any case.
4 to resume (anyway, as I was saying).
1 in any way or manner.
2 at any rate.
3 in any case.
4 to resume (anyway, as I was saying).
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