anyways

adv
/ˈɛn.iˌweɪz/

Etymology

From any + adverbial genitive of way (compare always).

Definitions

  1. In any way or respect, at all.

    • it behoves them[…]to remove all objects, causes, companies, occasions, as may anyways molest him […].
    • ...we are bound to assert that we never heard either in his public discourses or private conversation, anything that might tend towards encouraging sedition, or anyways insolencing the government
  2. Anyway, anyhow, in any case.

    • "Anyways," said the damsel, "I am glad punishment followed, and I say so."

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for anyways. 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