at any rate

Idioms  

1. In any event, whatever the case may be; also, at least. For example, At any rate, I promise to be there even if I'm a little late, or It may not pay well, but at any rate it's a job. [Early 1600s] Also see in any case.

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Example Sentences

Yet overall the younger characters treat the older with respect, or at any rate with indulgence.

From Los Angeles Times

Mr. Scott grew up in suburban Houston, which, last one heard, was a place of subtropical humidity, creeping kudzu and recurrent coastal flooding — at any rate, a far cry from Monument Valley.

From New York Times

“At this juncture, at any rate, it feels like an example of how to do this the right way.”

From New York Times

Onstage, at any rate, that would be sufficient.

From New York Times

Perhaps the best — or, at any rate, my favorite — of McMurtry’s early writings is “In a Narrow Grave: Essays on Texas,” published in 1968.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• anyhow
• ever
• once