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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adverb In any case.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In any way or manner; anyhow.
  • 2.
  • In any case; at any rate; at all events; anyhow.

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  • adverb In any way.
  • adverb conjunctive (nonstandard) Anyway, anyhow, in any case.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement

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From any + adverbial genitive of way (compare always).

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