1
as in whatever
in spite of everything
even though it's raining, I'm going to the golf course anyhow
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2
as in randomly
without definite aim, direction, rule, or method
clothes that were hurriedly stuffed anyhow into the suitcase
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as in anyway
whatever else is done or is the case
your mother called and said you don't need to stop by, but I think you should anyhow
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Recent Examples of anyhow
Maybe anyone planning long journeys should take those maxims as advice anyhow.
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Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Marche feared that ChatGPT-3 meant the end of freshman composition papers, but that’s a pathetic and moribund genre anyhow.
—Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026
Williams wasn’t an elite pass rusher, not yet anyhow.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2026
But Starmer gripped the American President close, anyhow.
—Sam Knight, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2025
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Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Marche feared that ChatGPT-3 meant the end of freshman composition papers, but that’s a pathetic and moribund genre anyhow.
—Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026
Williams wasn’t an elite pass rusher, not yet anyhow.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2026
But Starmer gripped the American President close, anyhow.
—Sam Knight, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for anyhow
Adverb
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Wants to be sure her friends notice her new whatever-she's-wearing.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 May 2021
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And so the Administration of Harvard, by its own admission, has taken no action whatever.—
William F. Buckley Jr.,
National Review,
23 Oct. 2017
Adverb
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Those who sign up are expected to receive an email to see if they’ve been randomly selected for a time slot to shop when tickets officially go on sale in August.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
23 Apr. 2026
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The motor can also rotate clockwise, causing the cell to tumble about randomly.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
20 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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At nickel, Brownlee is the primary option, though, as mentioned, Ponds could push him — and safety Minkah Fitzpatrick might wind up getting the bulk of the snaps at nickel anyway.—
Zack Rosenblatt,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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The audience participates anyway.—
T. M. Brown,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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If Alvaro Arbeloa’s side pick up all three points there, Barca will win La Liga regardless by beating Madrid in El Clasico on Sunday, May 10.—
Laia Cervelló Herrero,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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But the company is owned by a hedge fund, and many readers opt to shop small regardless.—
Mark Pearson,
Mercury News,
25 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Objects that formed between the soot and frost lines will be less dense, will have the capacity to possess some volatiles, and can have a wide variety of masses, but should always have rock-and-metal cores.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
30 Apr. 2026
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But the most beautiful machine is and always will be the human body.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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The lottery is kind of a crapshoot anyways.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Apr. 2026
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The exception was Thursday, when oil prices surged higher but the S & P 500 and Nasdaq Composite mounted a rally anyways, in an encouraging sign.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Anyhow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anyhow. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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