[syn: anyhow, anyway]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster]
Anyhow, the languages of the two nations were closely
allied. --E. A.
Freeman.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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: anyhow,
anyway, anyways, 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: anyhow, anyway]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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