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
But anyhow, for the time being, the control of Iran is in the hands of the revolutionary guards.
—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
24 Mar. 2026
There is no evidence that ever happened, yet people blindly share the post anyhow.
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Marshall Shepherd,
Forbes.com,
20 Mar. 2026
Here, comedians are sent on hilarious missions to try to deliver anything, anywhere, anyhow.
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John Hopewell,
Variety,
24 Feb. 2026
Marche feared that ChatGPT-3 meant the end of freshman composition papers, but that’s a pathetic and moribund genre anyhow.
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Literary Hub,
21 Jan. 2026
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Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
24 Mar. 2026
There is no evidence that ever happened, yet people blindly share the post anyhow.
—
Marshall Shepherd,
Forbes.com,
20 Mar. 2026
Here, comedians are sent on hilarious missions to try to deliver anything, anywhere, anyhow.
—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
24 Feb. 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
See All Example Sentences for anyhow
Recent Examples of Synonyms for anyhow
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Wants to be sure her friends notice her new whatever-she's-wearing.
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And so the Administration of Harvard, by its own admission, has taken no action whatever.
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These options let the computer randomly generate numbers for you.
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Iran got a midfielder from Germany when his aunt, a television and film star in Tehran, randomly posted a family photo on social media.
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Total endurance of an engine is also not the only metric that matters anyway.
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In speeches acclaiming our nation and our leader, we will be told that we (some of us, anyway) are divinely chosen.
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Sherman didn’t give a definite answer to that but expects the Marlins to compete regardless.
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Elsewhere, unauthorized bathing persisted anyway, especially during hot weather, and a long-distance swimming race that had been held since 1905 continued regardless in defiance of the authorities.
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While teenagers have always looked to older peers for inspiration, social media has accelerated and amplified this process.
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The Boyle Heights blaze, similar to the Eaton and Palisades fires, has revealed the region’s air monitoring can’t always tell people what they’ve been exposed to in a disaster.
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That isn't stopping Republican state officials from saying the lines should be redrawn anyways.
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The lottery is kind of a crapshoot anyways.
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“Anyhow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anyhow. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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