From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Anyway \A"ny*way\, Anyways \A"ny*ways\, adverb Anywise; at all. --Tennyson. Southey.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adverb
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}, {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}]
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