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Wordnet 3.0

ADVERB (2)

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

2. if nothing else (`leastwise'; is informal and `leastways'; is colloquial);
- Example: "at least he survived"
- Example: "they felt--at any rate Jim felt--relieved though still wary"
- Example: "the influence of economists--or at any rate of economics--is far-reaching"
[syn: at least, leastways, leastwise, at any rate]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Any \A"ny\, a. & pron. [OE. [ae]ni[yogh], [ae]ni, eni, ani, oni,
   AS. [=ae]nig, fr. [=a]n one. It is akin to OS. [=e]nig, OHG.
   einic, G. einig, D. eenig. See One.]
   1. One indifferently, out of an indefinite number; one
      indefinitely, whosoever or whatsoever it may be.
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   Note: Any is often used in denying or asserting without
         limitation; as, this thing ought not be done at any
         time; I ask any one to answer my question.
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               No man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither
               knoweth any man the Father, save the Son. --Matt.
                                                  xi. 27.
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   2. Some, of whatever kind, quantity, or number; as, are there
      any witnesses present? are there any other houses like it?
      "Who will show us any good?" --Ps. iv. 6.
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   Note: It is often used, either in the singular or the plural,
         as a pronoun, the person or thing being understood;
         anybody; anyone; (pl.) any persons.
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               If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, .
               . . and it shall be given him.     --Jas. i. 5.
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               That if he found any of this way, whether they
               were men or women, he might bring them bound unto
               Jerusalem.                         --Acts ix. 2.
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   At any rate, In any case, whatever may be the state of
      affairs; anyhow.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

at any rate
    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: if nothing else (`leastwise' is informal and `leastways' is
       colloquial); "at least he survived"; "they felt--at any rate
       Jim felt--relieved though still wary"; "the influence of
       economists--or at any rate of economics--is far-reaching"
       [syn: at least, leastways, leastwise, at any rate]