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 who goes to barbecue spots for french fries anyways?
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Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 8 Feb. 2026
So anyways, the journey of the jackets!
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Feb. 2026
By contrast, the bark – which comes from trees that have already been cut down for their wood anyways – simply has to get a shot of magnetite.
—New Atlas, 21 Jan. 2026
But no serious sports fan listens to that nonsense anyways.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 19 Dec. 2025
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Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 8 Feb. 2026
So anyways, the journey of the jackets!
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Feb. 2026
By contrast, the bark – which comes from trees that have already been cut down for their wood anyways – simply has to get a shot of magnetite.
—New Atlas, 21 Jan. 2026
But no serious sports fan listens to that nonsense anyways.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 19 Dec. 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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But the crisis in the Middle East is regardless pushing governments in the same direction markets have been signaling for years, and energy experts are already writing in a boost to renewables as countries consider their alternatives.—
Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
2 Apr. 2026
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Nimmo saw valuable at-bats regardless.—
Shawn McFarland,
Dallas Morning News,
30 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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The Masters, season’s first of four golf majors, tees off Thursday at Augusta anyway with Scottie Scheffler (ho hum) the betting favorite per DraftKings followed by Jon Rahm, Rory McIlroy and Bryson DeChambeau.—
Greg Cote
April 5,
Miami Herald,
5 Apr. 2026
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For one, a team could be penalized for being overly aggressive in pursuit of a desperation comeback late in a contest and seeing an 11-point loss turn into a 16-point defeat, though that sounds more like the actions of a non-lottery team, anyway.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
4 Apr. 2026
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“Anyways.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anyways. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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