anyhow
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2.3
To do something in any way possible
- adverb
- /ˈɛnɪˌhaʊ/
:
de cualquier manera
- He didn't have the right tools, but he fixed the car anyhow.
- go anyhow
Examples
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She's got to go to school anyhow.
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There was nothing we could have done anyhow, because the disease was incurable.
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All right, you have a problem. "And how will I get onto his land anyhow?" he said.
Fiction book (1999) -
I could see anyhow that the driving called for every bit of his attention.
Fiction book (1999) -
I gotta get the papers anyhow.
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What can you do anyhow with them separately?
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But he decided to show them the courtesy of staying up for them anyhow.
Fiction book (1991) -
But he went on up anyhow and rapped at the door.
Fiction book (1990) -
"I am tired, and anyhow, my cleaning woman hasn't been around since last Friday.
Fiction book (1991) -
But I'll survive anyhow
Synonyms
Surface Forms
anyhow positive
Morphology
Etymology
Anyhow is simply any + how, where how means 'way' or 'manner'. So anyhow means 'in any way', like doing something by whatever means to get it done.