anyway
[ en-ee-wey ]
/ ˈɛn iˌweɪ /
adverb
in any case; anyhow; nonetheless; regardless: Whether you like it or not, I'm going anyway.
(used to continue or resume the thread of a story or account): Anyway, we finally found a plumber who could come right over.
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Also Nonstandard, an·y·ways [en-ee-weyz] /ˈɛn iˌweɪz/ .
usage note for anyway
The adverb anyway is spelled as one word: It was snowing hard, but we drove to the play anyway. The two-word phrase any way means “in any manner”: Finish the job any way you choose. If the words “in the” can be substituted for “any,” the two-word phrase is called for: Finish the job in the way you choose. If the substitution cannot be made, the spelling is anyway.
Words nearby anyway
anything, anything but, anything goes, anything like, anytime, anyway, anyways, anywhere, anywheres, anywise, ANZ
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British Dictionary definitions for anyway
anyway
/ (ˈɛnɪˌweɪ) /
adverb
in any case; at any rate; nevertheless; anyhow
in a careless or haphazard manner
Usually any way . in any manner; by any means
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