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anyway

anyway

435 1.0
In whatever way is possible to finish something
  • adverb
  • /ˈɛn.iˌweɪ/
translation icon : de cualquier manera
  • We will find a way to help you anyway we can.
  • want to buy anyway
  • get it anyway
  • play an instrument anyway

I wish you could love me anyway, even though I'm bad.

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Examples

  • So anyway that you can increase the amount of stuff you have in the liquid, anyway you can increase it.

  • Can't get to the other side anyway.

  • So anyway, I believe that the world is for you.

  • And all I know for me anyway is those moments.

  • So anyway, tough day for the FBI anyway.

  • Karen was home with the kids anyway, and she never asked any questions anyway.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • But I'm gonna keep going anyway.

  • Well... go home anyway... before he finds out you're here.

  • If you are going to search those areas anyway, I would like to send trap cannisters with you.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • Charlie captured some of our equipment; all of it was obsolete anyway, so who cares?

    Fiction book (1990)

Synonyms

anyhow
vsanyway
34 2.3

To do something in any way possible

is the same in meaning but is a variant form in usage
howsoever
vsanyway
  • Formal
9.2

In any way you choose

focuses on manner or means rather than scope or extent
anywise
vsanyway
  • Archaic
9.9

In any way at all

emphasizes manner and means, not ignoring other factors

How Thorough

every way to Sunday
  • Informal
9.5
anyway
435 1.0

Surface Forms

anyway positive
anyways positive

Morphology

anyway = any + way (transparent) = any + way

The meaning 'in any way or manner; by whatever means' is directly inferable from the compound 'any' + 'way'.

Etymology

Anyway also comes from the parts any and way, literally 'by any way'. So to do something Anyway is to do it 'in any way' or 'however you can'.