Anyhow

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Anyhow \A"ny*how`\, adv.
     In any way or manner whatever; at any rate; in any event.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Anyhow, it must be acknowledged to be not a simple
           selforiginated error.                    --J. H.


                                                    Newman.
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           Anyhow, the languages of the two nations were closely
           allied.                                  --E. A.
                                                    Freeman.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  anyhow
       adv 1: used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a
              previous statement; "Anyhow, he is dead now"; "I think
              they're asleep; anyhow, they're quiet"; "I don't know
              what happened to it; anyway, it's gone"; "anyway,
              there is another factor to consider"; "I don't know
              how it started; in any case, there was a brief
              scuffle"; "in any event, the government faced a
              serious protest"; "but at any rate he got a knighthood
              for it" [syn: {anyway}, {in any case}, {at any rate},
              {in any event}]
       2: in any way whatsoever; "they came anyhow they could"; "get
          it done anyway you can" [syn: {anyway}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  55 Moby Thesaurus words for "anyhow":
     airily, any old way, any which way, anyway, anywise, at all,
     at any rate, at random, bunglingly, by any means, carelessly,
     casually, clumsily, cursorily, disregardfully, forgetfully,
     haphazard, haphazardly, heedlessly, helter-skelter, hit and miss,
     hit or miss, however, in any case, in any event, in any way,
     inattentively, inconsiderately, irregardless, messily,
     nevertheless, nohow, nonetheless, offhand, offhandedly,
     once over lightly, perfunctorily, promiscuously, random, randomly,
     recklessly, regardless, regardlessly, slapdash, sloppily,
     tactlessly, thoughtlessly, unguardedly, unheedfully, unheedingly,
     unmindfully, unsolicitously, unthinkingly, unvigilantly,
     unwarily