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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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]

Merriam Webster's

adverb Date: 1690 1. a. in any manner whatever b. in a haphazard manner 2. a. at any rate b. in any event

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adv. 1 anyway. 2 in a disorderly manner or state (does his work anyhow; things are all anyhow).

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Anyhow A"ny*how`, adv. In any way or manner whatever; at any rate; in any event. Anyhow, it must be acknowledged to be not a simple selforiginated error. --J. H. Newman. Anyhow, the languages of the two nations were closely allied. --E. A. Freeman.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. Anyhow means the same as anyway. ADV 2. If you do something anyhow, you do it in a careless or untidy way. ...her long legs which she displayed all anyhow getting in and out of her car. ADV: ADV after v

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

ad. In any manner, in any way, in any case.

Moby Thesaurus

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