anyhow

anyhow
    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}]
    

Anyhow \A"ny*how`\, adv.
   In any way or manner whatever; at any rate; in any event.
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         Anyhow, it must be acknowledged to be not a simple
         selforiginated error.                    --J. H.
                                                  Newman.
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         Anyhow, the languages of the two nations were closely
         allied.                                  --E. A.
                                                  Freeman.
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55 Moby Thesaurus words for "anyhow":
      airily, any old way, any which way, anyway, anywise, at all,
      at any rate, at random, bunglingly, by any means, carelessly,
      casually, clumsily, cursorily, disregardfully, forgetfully,
      haphazard, haphazardly, heedlessly, helter-skelter, hit and miss,
      hit or miss, however, in any case, in any event, in any way,
      inattentively, inconsiderately, irregardless, messily,
      nevertheless, nohow, nonetheless, offhand, offhandedly,
      once over lightly, perfunctorily, promiscuously, random, randomly,
      recklessly, regardless, regardlessly, slapdash, sloppily,
      tactlessly, thoughtlessly, unguardedly, unheedfully, unheedingly,
      unmindfully, unsolicitously, unthinkingly, unvigilantly,
      unwarily