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anyways

American  
[en-ee-weyz] / ˈɛn iˌweɪz /

adverb

  1. a nonstandard variant of anyway.


anyways British  
/ ˈɛnɪˌweɪz /

adverb

  1. a nonstandard word for anyway

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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“But then that’s also what a film set is like. Once you’re on a great film set, you’re all family anyways, you’re all interconnected and leaning on each other. And with similar emotional pitfalls.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

I wasn’t used to that anyways, that whole movie thing where you hurry up and wait.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2025

In general, nutritional changes to help menopause would work better if they began long before menopause anyways, said Dr. Mary Scourboutakos, a nutritionist at Eastern Virginia Medical School.

From Salon • Jan. 13, 2025

Of the Armagh fans, he said: "They're a bit shocked to hear that I am a Galway man but listen we'll all be sitting beside each other in Croke Park anyways."

From BBC • Jul. 24, 2024

That was what I thought at first, anyways.

From "Because of Mr. Terupt" by Rob Buyea

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