1
as in whatever
in spite of everything
I know I really can't afford it, but I'm buying that new car anyway
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2
as in randomly
without definite aim, direction, rule, or method
do it anyway you feel like
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3
as in always
whatever else is done or is the case
pack an extra sweater anyway, as you never know when you might end up needing it
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Recent Examples of anyway
Also rubber that size is going to be almost as heavy anyway.
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Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 19 June 2025
The plaintiffs argue the companies were aware of the ramifications for young users, yet designed their products to maximize addictiveness anyway.
—Charlotte Alter, Time, 18 June 2025
Rewind too early and the blue shell will hit you anyway.
—Kris Holt, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025
About 20,000 of those customers were actually ineligible for no-fee trash services from the city but were getting it anyway.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2025
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Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 19 June 2025
The plaintiffs argue the companies were aware of the ramifications for young users, yet designed their products to maximize addictiveness anyway.
—Charlotte Alter, Time, 18 June 2025
Rewind too early and the blue shell will hit you anyway.
—Kris Holt, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025
About 20,000 of those customers were actually ineligible for no-fee trash services from the city but were getting it anyway.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for anyway
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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France — always in the mix in the major tournaments of the women’s game, yet still without a trophy.—
Charlotte Harpur,
New York Times,
28 June 2025
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Jordan once fired on a small hut suspected of shooting down a U.S. helicopter and later learned that women and children were among the dead inside, a revelation that always haunted him, even though his actions were found to be legal, the clemency petition said.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
27 June 2025
Adverb
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But, regardless, Google’s latest survey still paints a bleak picture.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2025
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The Times reported, on Tuesday, that the Administration felt boxed in, essentially, and that Netanyahu was going to conduct a military assault on Iran regardless.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
18 June 2025
Adverb
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But anyways, by the end of it all, there's a much bigger picture.—
Steve Baltin,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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Plus, going out and eating food should be sure to get your energy back up anyways.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Anyway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anyway. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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