anyhow

adverb

any·​how ˈe-nē-ˌhau̇ How to pronounce anyhow (audio)
1
a
: in any manner whatever
b
: in a haphazard manner
2
a
: at any rate
b
: in any event

Examples of anyhow in a Sentence

It's OK if we don't go to the movie. I'm not that interested in seeing it anyhow. What exactly did she mean by that anyhow?
Recent Examples on the Web Green Bay has found a way to thrive in the postseason anyhow. Steve Megargee, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2024 Your child will never remember or even know a baptism occurred and will choose his/her own religious path anyhow. Haben Kelati, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2023 This tiny Mac is powerful enough to charge a Mac — well, a MacBook Air anyhow. Sean Hollister, The Verge, 6 Oct. 2023 The law likely wouldn’t go into effect until July 1, 2024 — but Google appears to be getting out ahead of it anyhow. Sean Hollister, The Verge, 9 Oct. 2023 And people would smuggle the book without the covers into the country, until censorship was eliminated for books and theatre plays, because very few people could afford it anyhow. Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023 In a gripping testimony last year in front of the House Jan. 6 committee, Ms. Hutchinson described how Mr. Trump, knowing his supporters were armed and threatening violence on Jan. 6, urged them to march to Capitol anyhow — and even sought to join them. Alan Feuer, New York Times, 3 Aug. 2023 But anyhow, Disney reached out again about a month or two later and was interested in speaking with me. Dominique Fluker, Essence, 19 July 2023 But aside from free trade skepticism—now shared across the political spectrum and by a growing number of economists anyhow—nothing on this list amounts to a departure from what has been Republican policy consensus since the end of the Bush administration. Osita Nwanevu, The New Republic, 1 Mar. 2021

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Word History

First Known Use

1678, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of anyhow was in 1678

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“Anyhow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anyhow. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

anyhow

adverb
any·​how ˈen-ē-ˌhau̇ How to pronounce anyhow (audio)
1
: in any way, manner, or order
2
: without regard to or in spite of other considerations : in any case

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