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Definition of either way

—used to say that whether one or the other of usually two possible decisions, actions, or results is chosen the result will be the same
  • I'm not sure if I will take the bus or train, but either way I will be there tonight.

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either play

  1. : being the one and the other of two : each

  2. : being the one or the other of two

  1. : the one or the other

  1. used as a function word before two or more coordinate words, phrases, or clauses joined usually by or to indicate that what immediately follows is the first of two or more alternatives

  1. : likewise, moreover

  2. : for that matter

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way play

  1. : a thoroughfare for travel or transportation from place to place

  2. : an opening for passage

  3. : the course traveled from one place to another : route

  1. : of, connected with, or constituting an intermediate point on a route

  1. : by a long distance : to a considerable degree or extent : far

  2. : by far : much

  3. : very

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