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
But why do so many people care about seeing the Mona Lisa, anyways?
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Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 28 Jan. 2025
What’s the difference between a cardiac arrest and a heart attack, anyways?
—Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Jan. 2025
Feel the fear and do it anyways because the fear won’t just go away on its own.
—Melissa Houston, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
On the other, the way most Brazilian clubs have been run in recent decades is hardly a model of sustainability and decency anyways.
—Matt Woosnam, The Athletic, 21 Dec. 2024
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Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 28 Jan. 2025
What’s the difference between a cardiac arrest and a heart attack, anyways?
—Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Jan. 2025
Feel the fear and do it anyways because the fear won’t just go away on its own.
—Melissa Houston, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
On the other, the way most Brazilian clubs have been run in recent decades is hardly a model of sustainability and decency anyways.
—Matt Woosnam, The Athletic, 21 Dec. 2024
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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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Powell’s term as chairman is up next year regardless.—
The Editors,
National Review,
22 Apr. 2025
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Ideally, of course, the team could deliver that same brand of basketball regardless.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
22 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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Schmidt threw a sweeper just below the zone, but the switch-hitting Ramírez pulled the pitch to right-field anyway.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
22 Apr. 2025
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On March 15, Trump officials sent him there, anyway.—
Aysha Bagchi,
USA Today,
20 Apr. 2025
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“Anyways.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anyways. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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