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Anyhow   /ˈɛnihˌaʊ/   Listen
Anyhow

adverb
1.
Used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement.  Synonyms: anyway, anyways, at any rate, in any case, in any event.  "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.
In any way whatsoever.  Synonym: anyway.  "Get it done anyway you can"






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"Anyhow" Quotes from Famous Books



... tossing movements of that little head which had to sustain the weight of so much hair. The face of Guenevere was colored tenderly and softly: it made the faces of other women seem the work of a sign-painter, just splotched in anyhow. Gray eyes had Guenevere, veiled by incredibly long black lashes that curved incredibly. Her brows arched rather high above her eyes: that was almost a fault. Her nose was delicate and saucy: her chin was impudence made flesh: and her mouth was a ...
— Jurgen - A Comedy of Justice • James Branch Cabell

... she come snooping around for, anyhow?" she broke in. "Aren't we paying for her house? Didn't she get down on her bended knees and beg us to ...
— The Confession • Mary Roberts Rinehart

... so much like a dare that Robert yearned to retort that he did know, too. As he did not know, the next best thing was to pretend it was no consequence anyhow, and find out as quickly as possible; ...
— Old Caravan Days • Mary Hartwell Catherwood

... heresy; that in the times of the French Revolution, men proved their patriotism by making charges of treason against their neighbors; that practicing polygamists have purified themselves by hounding a theoretical polygamist out of their legislative body. Anyhow, the laws were passed, the ...
— Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 1, March 1906 • Various

... and yet he believed in Guapo. But it was hard to understand that two animals, each endowed with a full set of legs and feet, should not be able to make their way for a distance of twenty paces, and escape! After the rough handling they had had, too! He would have a peep at them, anyhow, to see how they were coming on. So back ...
— Popular Adventure Tales • Mayne Reid


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