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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at any rate

Maxine has more successfully inserted herself into Norma’s life, or at any rate into the room she occupies in a five-star nursing home, since Norma is unable to protest.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2024

I’m no longer completely convinced by the ½ camp, at any rate.

From Scientific American ● May 4, 2023

To the cameras, at any rate, he was measured and focused on what's next.

From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2023

But it has also produced a sustained reaction or counterimage of Poe as a tragic hero, a tortured, misunderstood artist who was too good – or, at any rate, too cool – for his world.

From Salon ● Jan. 21, 2023

It seemed that in the confusion and the mingling of many companies of various kinds they had not been missed, not yet at any rate.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien

Related Words

• anyhow
• ever
• once