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adverb
1.
in any case; anyhow; nonetheless; regardless: Whether you like it or not, I'm going anyway.
2.
(used to continue or resume the thread of a story or account): Anyway, we finally found a plumber who could come right over.
Usage note
The adverb anyway is spelled as one word: It was snowing hard, but we drove to the play anyway. The two-word phrase any way means “in any manner”: Finish the job any way you choose. If the words “in the” can be substituted for “any,” the two-word phrase is called for: Finish the job in the way you choose. EXPANDIf the substitution cannot be made, the spelling is anyway.
COLLAPSE
The adverb anyway is spelled as one word: It was snowing hard, but we drove to the play anyway. The two-word phrase any way means “in any manner”: Finish the job any way you choose. If the words “in the” can be substituted for “any,” the two-word phrase is called for: Finish the job in the way you choose. EXPANDIf the substitution cannot be made, the spelling is anyway.
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Anyway
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Example Sentences
- Proponents say that illegal means illegal, and they shouldn't be here anyway.
- When all else fails, try to embrace the blur that you have to accept anyway.
- If people didn't exist, the laws of thermodynamics would have invented us anyway.
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Word Origin & History
anyway
1560s, any way; variant any ways (with adv. gen.) attested from c.1560. One-word form predominated from 1830s.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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