Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb In any case.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In any way or manner; anyhow.
- 2.
- In any case; at any rate; at all events; anyhow.
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- adverb In any way.
- adverb conjunctive (
nonstandard )Anyway ,anyhow , in any case.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement
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Examples
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India is a culture (or the parts I was in anyways) where men and women do not touch in public.
Traveling in India: Kisses at the Taj Mahal « Colleen Anderson 2010
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Destroy/Destruction in this context, to me anyways, is violent in nature.
The Volokh Conspiracy » “Free Gaza” Activists’ Version of the Ship Incident 2010
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Any woman having an abortion goes through so much pain anyways and on top of that morons like Bob Nelson have right to tell her 'No, I won't provide money for your medical expenses .
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Destroy/Destruction in this context, to me anyways, is violent in nature.
The Volokh Conspiracy » “Free Gaza” Activists’ Version of the Ship Incident 2010
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Like, if you touch her and she tells you not to and you keep doing it anyways, is she going to get up and kick your ass?
Female robot is the perfect companion, receptionist, sexual assault victim - Feministing 2008
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Really, anything to beat Titanic out of the number one spot .... then again, Revolutionary Road is coming out, and since it has the stars from Titanic, we know that's going to win anyways, TDK should just give up. charles
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May 20th, 2008 8: 46 pm ET who cares? obama will win anyways esp with ur campaign staff fleeing ur sinking ship
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I've said many times that Knight Rider isn't a good television show and it's not compelling in anyways, but what it does do well is keeping the pace fastand moving.
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Just thinking aloud here - And, if they're toxins that came out of your body - how are you worse off by having them sealed in anyways?
And the Black Cloud Consumed the Tub (video) Anne-Marie 2008
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You say, well, it's hard for them to score better, but shouldn't they be let in anyways?
Balkinization 2007
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