anyway
∞
1.0
- adverb
- /ˈɛn.iˌweɪ/
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de todos modos
- But anyway, just be yourself, be cute, and remember, you're doing this for the culture.
- so anyway
- a bad idea anyway
I thought, hello, Anyway, that was the flight.
- I thought, hello, Anyway, that was the flight.
- And we, many of us anyway, are doing our dog at best.
- So but anyway, that's what's going on, man.
- It's my last one anyway, thank everyone for watching.
- They're controlled by more powerful people anyway, so.
- But anyway, I'm losing my train of thought.
- But anyway, what else do we have, man?
- I don't know anyway, but I didn't want to find out, right.
- So yeah, anyway, what's on your mind, my friend?
- And then I'll always be what I thought I always was anyway, which was not enough.
- And anyway, all that to say that I was sad.
- So anyway, you guys what a wild year.
- So anyway, we have to start doing this.
- But anyway, I'm going to go back to my day job.
Examples
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But anyway, I'm losing my train of thought.
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That's something I almost always do anyway, so let's do that.
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But we're just going to go with it anyway, OK?
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It's my last one anyway, thank everyone for watching.
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But anyway, see you at lunch?
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In these few months at college, he had been happy anyway; the campus had become home.
Fiction book (1990) -
So yeah, anyway, what's on your mind, my friend?
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I'm late, and I'm not hungry anyway.
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I don't seem to need it anyway.
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I wasn't feeling well, but I decided to go to the party anyway.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
It comes at the end of a sentence to mean however
∞
1.0
Shows that something is true despite what was said before
149
3.5
Shows that something happens or is true despite what was said
63
2.1
To say something that adds to or explains something said before
56
3.9
Whatever else happens, the fact remains true or will still happen
51
2.8
No matter what, this is true or will happen
27
3.7
To say something is true despite what was said before
22
8.0
To return to or change the topic and show the earlier point does not matter
To change the subject or keep the talk going
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Anyway comes from the simple parts any and way, which together mean 'by any path' or 'in any case'. So Anyway is used to move on or add a point after a change or interruption, meaning 'nevertheless' or 'whatever happened'.