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[syn: anyhow, anyway, anyways, in any case, at any rate, in any event]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
in any event
    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]