anyway

anyway
    adv 1: used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a
           previous statement; "Anyhow, he is dead now"; "I think
           they're asleep; anyhow, they're quiet"; "I don't know
           what happened to it; anyway, it's gone"; "anyway, there
           is another factor to consider"; "I don't know how it
           started; in any case, there was a brief scuffle"; "in any
           event, the government faced a serious protest"; "but at
           any rate he got a knighthood for it" [syn: {anyhow},
           {anyway}, {anyways}, {in any case}, {at any rate}, {in
           any event}]
    2: in any way whatsoever; "they came anyhow they could"; "get it
       done anyway you can" [syn: {anyhow}, {anyway}]
    

Anyway \A"ny*way\, Anyways \A"ny*ways\, adv.
   Anywise; at all. --Tennyson. Southey.
   [1913 Webster]