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anyways

adverb
any·​ways | \ -ˌwāz How to pronounce anyways (audio) \

Definition of anyways

1 US, informal : anyhow, anyway
2a archaic : anywise
b dialect : to any degree at all

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Examples of anyways in a Sentence

Who does that guy think he is anyways? You're late. Anyways, at least you showed up.

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Sanu is returning for his eighth season and Ridley didn’t exactly shine as a starter anyways. San Diego Union-Tribune, "Fantasy Football 2019: Atlanta Falcons Preview," 26 July 2019 Colorado shouldn’t offload a top prospect (e.g. Colton Welker, Sam Hilliard) for a pitcher who probably wouldn’t make a huge difference in the team’s playoff hopes over the final couple of months anyways. Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, "Newman: Rockies’ season expectations revised amid dimming playoff hopes," 24 July 2019 Quintessa Swindell as Tabitha Foster As Tabitha, Quintessa plays a girl who has no need to steal, but does it anyways. Jasmine Gomez, Seventeen, "Get To Know the Cast of "Trinkets" And Their Characters," 17 June 2019 The driver of a black sedan turned right anyways and parked next to the crime scene. Alice Yin, chicagotribune.com, "Simeon freshman, 15, killed in West Englewood shooting: ‘He was a baby, and they took him’," 15 June 2019 But who has time to livestream, anyways, when there are new photos of Sir and Rumi Carter to gawk at? Kathryn Lindsay, refinery29.com, "Wait, Who Are These Babies That Appeared In Beyoncé & Jay-Z's Tour?," 6 June 2018 Dancing helps a lot with a broken heart, for me anyways. Marie Claire, "Tiffany Haddish's Bucket List Includes a Date with Michael B. Jordan and a Fried Chicken Dinner with Michelle Obama," 5 June 2018 Congress did not approve the strike in 2013, though a year later, Obama went ahead and bombed Syria anyways in a military campaign against ISIS. Scott Wartman, Cincinnati.com, "Here's how different the local GOP reaction was to Obama's plan to strike Syria after chemical weapons were used," 18 Apr. 2018 Cohn had urged the president against imposing steep tariffs on steel and aluminum, which Mr. Trump announced last week anyways. Kathryn Watson, CBS News, "Gary Cohn resigning from White House post," 6 Mar. 2018

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First Known Use of anyways

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a

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