1
as in whatever
in spite of everything
even though it's raining, I'm going to the golf course anyhow
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2
as in randomly
without definite aim, direction, rule, or method
clothes that were hurriedly stuffed anyhow into the suitcase
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3
as in anyway
whatever else is done or is the case
your mother called and said you don't need to stop by, but I think you should anyhow
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Recent Examples of anyhow
Maybe anyone planning long journeys should take those maxims as advice anyhow.
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Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Marche feared that ChatGPT-3 meant the end of freshman composition papers, but that’s a pathetic and moribund genre anyhow.
—Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026
Williams wasn’t an elite pass rusher, not yet anyhow.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2026
But Starmer gripped the American President close, anyhow.
—Sam Knight, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2025
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Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Marche feared that ChatGPT-3 meant the end of freshman composition papers, but that’s a pathetic and moribund genre anyhow.
—Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026
Williams wasn’t an elite pass rusher, not yet anyhow.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2026
But Starmer gripped the American President close, anyhow.
—Sam Knight, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for anyhow
Adverb
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Wants to be sure her friends notice her new whatever-she's-wearing.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 May 2021
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And so the Administration of Harvard, by its own admission, has taken no action whatever.—
William F. Buckley Jr.,
National Review,
23 Oct. 2017
Adverb
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The act also would have shifted oversight of safety and testing from the Marijuana Enforcement Division to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and funded a program in which regulators would randomly collect marijuana products from dispensaries to test them for contaminants.—
Christopher Osher,
ProPublica,
15 May 2026
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Patients were randomly assigned to one of four groups.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
15 May 2026
Adverb
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The human body was not built to withstand those kinds of demands—or most bodies, anyway.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
17 May 2026
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She was not invited to the Hollywoodism, but was allowed to speak anyway, according to The New York Times.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
17 May 2026
Adverb
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The 49ers were limited by a plethora of injuries in those games, but the Seahawks had an elite defense, regardless.—
Saad Yousuf,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
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The people on the settlement list were all near the end of their sentences and would have been released before the year’s end regardless.—
Danielle Battaglia,
Charlotte Observer,
14 May 2026
Adverb
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There was always a good chance Mahomes would be ready for the team’s season opener, and the Chiefs provided an update recently saying Mahomes may be ready for training camp.—
Saad Yousuf,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
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While El Niño doesn’t always perform as expected for Southern California, some experts still find value in using its arrival as a scene-setter for potential weather impacts.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026
Adverb
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That isn't stopping Republican state officials from saying the lines should be redrawn anyways.—
Aaron Navarro,
CBS News,
30 Apr. 2026
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The lottery is kind of a crapshoot anyways.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Apr. 2026
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“Anyhow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anyhow. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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