as in whatever
in spite of everything
I don't care what you say—I'm going anyways!
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Recent Examples of anyways
The grand jury also found that despite a permit request to use the full street 50 days a year not being granted by the city, Walton had been doing so anyways.
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Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 14 Aug. 2025
And yeah, during the challenge, you’re not allowed to use firearms anyways.
—Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 14 Aug. 2025
But Percy, Grover, and Annabeth continue on their quest anyways.
—EW.com, 22 July 2025
Talking about Linux in this context is pretty irrelevant anyways, since the Xbox consoles run a variant of Windows.
—Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 1 July 2025
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Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 14 Aug. 2025
And yeah, during the challenge, you’re not allowed to use firearms anyways.
—Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 14 Aug. 2025
But Percy, Grover, and Annabeth continue on their quest anyways.
—EW.com, 22 July 2025
Talking about Linux in this context is pretty irrelevant anyways, since the Xbox consoles run a variant of Windows.
—Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 1 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for anyways
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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The setting will remain Southern California regardless.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
23 Sep. 2025
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Both versions are irreplicable, regardless.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
23 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Netflix had offered the best of both worlds—access to a nation-wide streaming audience, plus a level of theatrical play commensurate with what the movie would have received from a traditional art-house distributor anyway.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
27 Sep. 2025
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There’s nothing going on outside anyway.—
Zuzana Říhová,
Literary Hub,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Anyways.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anyways. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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