Anyway

Definition: Anyway

Anyway

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".

2. In any way whatsoever; "they came anyhow they could"; "get it done anyway you can".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "anyway" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references)

Synonyms: Anyway

Crosswords: Anyway

And after he signs the bill, release the tape anyway. (Tomorrow Never Dies; writing credit: Bruce Feirstein)

Anyway I'm drinkin' more (The Godfather; writing credit: Francis Coppola and Mario Puzo. Based on the novel by Mario Puzo.)

I think our lives are about to be destroyed anyway. I truly deeply love you and before we die I want you to know (Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones; writing credit: George Lucas)

Burn her anyway! (Monty Python and the Holy Grail; writing credit: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin.)

Anyway, what's wrong with this one (Snatch.; writing credit: Guy Ritchie)

She didn't care, but anyway (But Anyway; performing artist: Blues Traveler)

Wanna please you anyway I can (One In A Million; performing artist: Aaliyah)

They're gonna bleep it anyway (Just Push Play; performing artist: Aerosmith)

I'll say it anyway (Take On Me; performing artist: A-ha)

All my stuff's here anyway (Pinch Me; performing artist: Barenaked Ladies)

Principles aren't of much account anyway, except at election time. After that you hang them up to let them season. (references; author: Mark Twain)

Eat Right, Exercise, Die Anyway. (references; author: unknown)

Take my advice, I don't use it anyway. (references; author: unknown)

Life lesson: Your friends love you, anyway. (references; author: unknown)

No sense being pessimistic. It wouldn't work anyway. (references; author: unknown)

Well Anyway (1976)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• The Bumblebee Flies Anyway (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Bumblebee Flies Anyway (reference)

• 20th Century:Whose Life Is It Anyway (reference)

• The Bumblebee Flies Anyway (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Anyway [CD-SINGLE] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• ANYWAY PIM AUI/12V NETWORK (reference)

• ANYWAY PIM FO-STII NETWRK MODUL (reference)

• ANYWAY PIM TP NETWORK MODULE (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

You're my own dear Uncle David, anyway. Credit: Library of Congress.

Anyway, maybe she's thinking. Credit: Library of Congress.

Anyway, it must have been quite a party. Credit: Library of Congress.

Doonesbury. Whoosh! I didn't really want you anyway, you stupid mourning cloak. Credit: Library of Congress.

Anyway, his tax dollar still buys quite a bit. Credit: Library of Congress.

Anyway, there's nothing skimpy about that grub stake. Credit: Library of Congress.

Critical moments. Boss, 'at tail oughta be docked -- yassah! Anyway yo' look at it ... Credit: Library of Congress.

"Position is everything in life", anyway its a lot in the life of John Reynolds better known as the "human fly". He is shown doing his stuff on the flag pole of the Times-Herald Bldg. Wash[ington] D.C. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

He'd never seriously believed it existed anyway. The dollar, he thought, had sunk for ever

But I want to get ahead anyway.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Business

These items will have to be imported anyway. (references)

Industry sources predicted that US market share would fall slightly, but would not be drastically reduced as there will continue to be a market for the most specialized projects, and American firms have traditionally focused on specialized projects anyway. (references)

Civil Liberties

Cambodia

The Government often did not issue a requested permit or took no action on a permit application; however, these actions had no practical effect because demonstrations proceeded anyway. (references)

Economic History

Nicaragua

In general, the law did away with the requirement to sign a foreign investment contract in order to receive benefits, which most investors enjoyed anyway. (references)

Denmark

The Danish Competition Law was revised in 1997 (Act No. 384, June 10, 1997) in order to reflect (in large part, anyway) the "prohibition" principle used in most other EU and OECD countries. (references)

Trade

Ukraine

International observers and donors question the zones' success in mobilizing investments that would not have been made anyway in Ukraine. (references)

India

If there are delays beyond these time limits, investors seek release of shipments anyway, preferably against a performance bond, since bank guarantees are more expensive. (references)

Travel

Ukraine

For example, a letter authorizing Mr. X to do Y will sometimes be rejected because it does not have "the proper stamp." Foreign companies will often stamp a document in English with an "official" seal, show the stamp to a customs officer or other bureaucrat (who likely cannot read English anyway), finding that this strategy is often successful. (references)

Worker Rights

Russia

The belief that women are aware of the risks involved but choose to go anyway is pervasive. (references)

Uganda

Frustrated laborers often went on strike anyway, protesting credibly that they were not paid a wage that provides a decent standard of living. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expression using "anyway": anyway you like. Additional references.

Albanian

në çdo mënyrë (anyhow, anywise, by all means, every inch, howsoever), dosido (anyhow). (various references)

Arabic 

‏على أي حال (at a loss, at all events, at any rate, if, in any case), ‏بأية حال (anyhow, aught), ‏بأية طريقة كانت. (various references)

Bulgarian 

както и да е (however, howsoever), и така (accordingly, now then, so, thus). (various references)

Chinese 

無論如何 (anyhow, whatever), 无论如何 (Anyhow, Anyways), 反正 (anyhow, in any case). (various references)

Czech

v každém případì (anyhow, at all events, by all odds, in any case, in any event), tak jako tak, stejnì (alike, anyhow, as it is, ditto, equally, even so, evenly, in the same way, just the same, though), jakkoli (altigraph, anyhow, as, however, much as). (various references)

Dutch

op een of andere wýze (somehow), op de een of andere manier (somehow). (various references)

Esperanto

iel (somehow). (various references)

Faeroese

onkursvegna (somehow). (various references)

Farsi 

درهرصورت (Anyhow, Ever), بهرحال (Anyhow, However, Though). (various references)

Finnish

jotenkin (fairly, rather, somehow). (various references)

French

quand même (anyhow), par n'importe quelle façon, par n'importe quel moyen, n'importe comment (anyhow), en tout cas (by and large, in any case, in any event), d'une façon ou d'une autre, de toute façon (anyhow, at any rate, by and large, in any case, in any event), de façon ou d'autre, d'ailleurs (and ... as well, and also). (various references)

German

irgendwie (anyhow, somehow, somehow or other, someway, sort of). (various references)

Greek 

πάντωσ (at any rate, in any case), πάντως (in any case), οπωσδήποτε (anyhow, however, howsoever, soever, somehow, someway). (various references)

Hebrew 

בין כך ובין כך (all the same, anyhow), בכל אפן (anyhow, at any rate, in any case), בכל צורה. (various references)

Hungarian

valahogy (aught, in a way, kind of, somehow, sort of), mindenesetre (anyhow, at all events, at any rate, by all means, in any case, in any event, leastways, leastwise, whatever), különben is (anyhow). (various references)

Indonesian

bagaimanapun (however). (various references)

Irish

ar dhoigh éigin (somehow), ar chuma éigin (somehow), ar chaoi éigin (somehow). (various references)

Italian

comunque (anyhow, be that as it may, even so, however, howsoever, in any case, though). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

何しろ (anyhow, at any rate, in any case), 何れ (anyhow, at any rate, let me see, now, well, where, which, who), 何分 (how many minutes?, please, what minute?), 兎角 (anyhow, be apt to, generally speaking, in any case, many, somehow or other, this and that), 兎に角 (anyhow, at any rate, generally speaking, in any case, somehow or other), 兎にも角にも (anyhow, generally speaking, in any case, somehow or other), 兎や角 (all kinds of this, anyhow, generally speaking, in any case, somehow or other, this and that), 兎も角も (anyhow, generally speaking, in any case, somehow or other), 兎も角 (anyhow, generally speaking, in any case, somehow or other), 先ず (about, almost, first, hardly, now, to start with, well), 孰れ (anyhow, at any rate, where, which, who), 孰 (anyhow, at any rate, where, which, who). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

なにしろ (anyhow, at any rate, in any case), なにぶん (please), まず (about, almost, first, hardly, now, to start with, well), いずれ (anyhow, at any rate, where, which, who), とにかく (anyhow, at any rate, generally speaking, in any case, somehow or other), とにもかくにも (anyhow, generally speaking, in any case, somehow or other), とかく (anyhow, be apt to, generally speaking, in any case, many, somehow or other, this and that), とやかく (all kinds of this, anyhow, generally speaking, in any case, somehow or other, this and that), ともかくも (anyhow, generally speaking, in any case, somehow or other), ともかく (anyhow, generally speaking, in any case, somehow or other). (various references)

Manx

ansherbee (anyhow, anyrate, however), aght erbee (anyhow). (various references)

Pig Latin

anywayay.(various references)

Polish

jakoś (somehow). (various references)

Portuguese

em todo o caso (at all events, in any case, in any event), em qualquer caso (in any event), dequalquerjeito, de qualquer maneira (anyhow, anywise, at any rate, however, howsoever, in any event, rain or shine, somehow, someway). (various references)

Romanian

aşa (anywise, certainly, it is so, so, such, that's it stuff, that's it thing stuff, there you are, thus), totuşi (all the same, anywise, at all, but, for all that, however, natheless, nevertheless, notwithstanding, still, though, yet), oricum (anywise, but, ever, however, howsoever, nevertheless, still, though), la întâmplare (aimlessly, anyhow, anywise, at a venture, haply, wild), cum se nimereşte (anyhow, anywise), cu toate acestea (all the same, anywise, but, for all that, howbeit, natheless, nevertheless, notwithstanding, though, yet), în orice caz (anyhow, anywise, at all, at all events, at any rate, but, in any case). (various references)

Russian 

во всяком случае (anywise, at all events, at any hand, at any rate, in all events, in any case, whether or no, whether or not). (various references)

Scottish

stiocach (limping: "sticking"? From the English anyway). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

u svakom slučaju (anyhow, case: in any case, event: at all events, event: in any event, means: by all means, rate: at any rate), opet (again, anew, anon, now and again). (various references)

Spanish

sin embargo (all the same, anyhow, but, however, just the same, nevertheless, nonetheless, notwithstanding, still, though), de todos modos (anyhow, at any rate, however, in any case), de todas maneras (anyhow, at any rate), de cualquier modo (anyhow, anywise, haphazard, higgledy-piggledy, in any event), de cualquier manera (anyhow, in any event). (various references)

Swedish

slarvigt (anyhow, carelessly, off hand, offhand, offhandedly, slapdash), på vilket sätt som helst (anyhow), på något sätt (anyhow, somehow), lite hur som helst (anyhow), i varje fall (anyhow, at all events, at any rate, for some reason or other, in any case, in any event, leastways, leastwise), i alla fall (al least, all the same, any way, anyhow, at any rate, in all cases, in any case), hursomhelst, hur som helst (anyhow). (various references)

Thai

นอกจากนั้น (likewise). (various references)

Turkish

zaten (already, as a matter of fact, besides, for the rest, in first place), neyse, nasıl olsa (anyhow), her halükârda (at all events, by all manner of means, however, howsoever, in any case, in any event, rain or shine). (various references)

Ukrainian

як-небудь (anyhow, pell mell, pellmell, so and so, some time, somehow), що б там не було (anyhow, at any price), в усякому разі (anyhow, at any rate), абияк (anyhow, carelessly, helter-skelter, hit or miss, negligently). (various references)

aliqua, qualibet. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "anyway": anyways. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Anyway" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Amyway, anawim, Anuwat, Anwa, Anway, anya, Anyanya, anyday, Anyvay, anywa, anywany, Anywayz, anywey, Hanway, Nawwaf, Nyiwa, oanywy, onlywey, onywey. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: away, awny, wany, yawn.

-3 letters: ana, any, awa, awn, naw, nay, wan, way, wyn, yaw, yay.

-4 letters: aa, an, aw, ay, na, ya.

+1 letter: anyways.

+3 letters: waylaying.