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in an editorial |
in an elaborate way |
in and in |
in and of itself |
in antis |
in any case
| in any event
| in apposition
| in arrears
| in attendance
| in awe of
in any case
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adverbial in any case has 2 senses
- in any case(r = adv.all) anyhow, anyway, anyways, at any rate, 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"
- in any case(r = adv.all) besides - making an additional point; anyway; "I don't want to go to a restaurant; besides, we can't afford it"; "she couldn't shelter behind him all the time and in any case he wasn't always with her"
THESAURUS
in any case
after all, again, albeit, all the same, although, anyhow, anyway, anywise, at all, at all events, at any rate, but, by any means, even, even so, for all that, howbeit, however, if, in any event, in any way, in case, in case that, in either case, irregardless, just in case, just the same, nevertheless, nohow, nonetheless, notwithstanding, provided, rather, regardless, still, though, when, yet
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