What does anyhow mean?
Definitions for anyhow
ˈɛn iˌhaʊany·how
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Princeton's WordNet
anyhow, anyway, anyways, in any case, at any rate, in any eventadverb
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"
anyhow, anywayadverb
in any way whatsoever
"they came anyhow they could"; "get it done anyway you can"
Wiktionary
anyhowadverb
In any way or manner whatever.
anyhowadverb
In any case. Used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement.
ChatGPT
anyhow
Anyhow is an adverb used to indicate that something is done in any manner or by any means possible, regardless of the situation, or regardless of any potential issues or challenges. It can also be used to change the subject in a conversation or to express determination or indifference.
Webster Dictionary
Anyhowadverb
in any way or manner whatever; at any rate; in any event
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
anyhow
Do the duty by all means, and at any rate or risk: as Nelson, impatient for getting to Copenhagen in 1801, exclaimed-- "Let it be by the Sound, by the Belt, or anyhow, only lose not an hour."
British National Corpus
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'anyhow' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3200
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of anyhow in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of anyhow in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of anyhow in a Sentence
He got to know me, and eventually we started playing chess, there was nothing that said he had to take an interest in my life, and he did anyhow. And that saved me.
Whenever it is in any way possible, every boy and girl should choose as his life work some occupation which he should like to do anyhow, even if he did not need the money.
She left anyhow. This is where were at.
The few who are ballsy enough to actually live wind up in madhouses, tortured by actuality. We all wind up in the same place anyhow … food for unseeing worms.
The problem is that a lot of these issue are more complicated than a six-second sound byte and a lot of the issues we choose to raise end up in conflict with corporate America and the corporate media, but you know what, we are going to talk about those issues anyhow.
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