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anyway

41 1.0
In whatever way is possible to finish something
  • adverb
  • /ˈɛn.iˌweɪ/
: 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.

    The Gorge (2025)

  • 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.

    Play Dirty (2025)

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

    The Magnificent Seven (1960)

  • 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
8 2.3

To do something in any way possible

is the same in meaning but is a variant form in usage
anywise
vsanyway
  • Archaic
1 9.9

In any way at all

emphasizes manner and means, not ignoring other factors
howsoever
vsanyway
  • Formal
1 9.2

In any way you choose

focuses on manner or means rather than scope or extent

How Thorough

every way to Sunday
  • Informal
1 9.5
anyway
41 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'.