anyhow
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Indo-European *h₁oy-no-kós Proto-Germanic *ainagaz Proto-West Germanic *ainag Old English ǣniġ Middle English ani English any Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷís Proto-Germanic *hwō Old English hū Middle English how English how English anyhow From any + how.
Definitions
In any way or manner whatever.
In any case. 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.
Without care or tidiness
Without care or tidiness; recklessly, negligently or randomly.
- It was a woman’s clothing, beyond a doubt, all thrown in anyhow, — as if the person who had placed it there had been in a desperate hurry.
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Thoughtlessly, randomly, without careful consideration.
- Compare Hokkien 亂／乱 (loān) and 四散 (sì-sòaⁿ).
- No lah! Don’t anyhow say! But you also look so different, Vasoo. First time I’ve seen you without your uniform!
- Don’t anyhow, please. Told you guys he’s just a friend.
Random, careless, offhand, disorderly
Random, careless, offhand, disorderly; done without thought or consideration.
- Rabak, to refer to something messed up: Eh bro, your hairdresser anyhow sia, your hair damn rabak.
- Even the newspaper recommendation oso anyhow one.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for anyhow. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA