anyhow
Americanadverb
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in any way whatever.
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in any case; at all events.
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in a careless manner; haphazardly.
adverb
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in any case; at any rate
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in any manner or by any means whatever
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in a haphazard manner; carelessly
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Fulham will have Alex Iwobi, Samuel Chukwueze and Calvin Bassey back from the Africa Cup of Nations, and I am not reading too much into their last-gasp defeat at Leeds last week anyhow.
From BBC • Jan. 22, 2026
They are even beyond caring about the familiar concerns of the living—yet they are about life, anyhow, as it persists in this beyondness.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025
Dana Conway, the Milo Minderbinder of the story, who can source anything, anyhow, and keeps a closetful of things she shouldn’t have; nervous Pvt.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2024
Whether he was faking it then or is faking it now is almost irrelevant anyhow.
From Slate • Sep. 16, 2024
“Katherine thinks they’re freaking out anyhow, just ‘cause I asked a few questions last night.”
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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