anyhow

About 3.26 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adverb In any way or manner whatever.
2. adverb In any case. Used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement.

   Anyhow, he is dead now.

3. adverb Without care or tidiness; recklessly, negligently or randomly.
4. adverb Thoughtlessly, randomly, without careful consideration.

   Compare Hokkien 亂／乱 (loān) and 四散 (sì-sòaⁿ).

5. adjective Random, careless, offhand, disorderly; done without thought or consideration.

Similar words

in any case anyway at any rate in any event anyways nevertheless whatever nonetheless however besides

Often followed by

i it the he and we in to they