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Definition: ANYWAYS |
ANYWAYSAdverb1. Anywise; at all. |
Date "ANYWAYS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1861. (references) |
Crosswords: ANYWAYS |
| Specialty definitions using "ANYWAYS": Somewheres. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Boring conversation anyways. Luke (Episode IV: A New Hope; writing credit: George Lucas.) They'd drag me anyways. Sooner or later they'll get me one way or another (The Grapes of Wrath; writing credit: John Steinbeck; Nunnally Johnson) Anyways, 3 years went by, then Joe came (Empire Records; writing credit: Carol Heikkinen) Anyways, we're in love (The Fifth Element; writing credit: Luc Besson) Prince Charming probably would have turned out to be a dick anyways. (Bed of Roses; writing credit: Michael Goldenberg) | |
Lyrics | It's the next phase, new wave, dance craze, anyways (It's Still Rock and Roll To Me; performing artist: Billy Joel) Next phase, new wave, dance craze, anyways (It's Still Rock and Roll To Me; performing artist: Billy Joel) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Ach -- well there's not much for a fellow to do anymore anyways!. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "A Display of Nationalism." by Justin Baker Commentary: "Shot of anti-war protestors at a rally in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada in Spring 2003. Shot on Fuji Velvia Transparency film. Actually shot this while I was out on a video shoot, so if you can imagine holding a DVCPRO cam, and snapping in between shots... It" | "Downtown chicago mall" by Brendan Paxton Commentary: "IN this shot I am on the highest story of the mall, I think it's like the 10th or 9th or something. Anyways, there's an elevator in the middle, and I'm looking over the edge." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | I rather pick fruit anyways. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "ANYWAYS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 96.55% of the time. "ANYWAYS" is used about 29 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 96.55% | 28 | 65,706 |
| Noun (proper) | 3.45% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 29 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
anyways it line whos | 29 |
whose line is it anyways | 26 |
anyways | 5 |
anyways have idea it no when | 4 |
anyways danced we | 2 |
anyways danced lyrics we | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "ANYWAYS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 无论如何 (Anyhow, Anyway). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | anywaysay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "ANYWAYS" (pronounced e"nēwā'z) |
| 4 | -ē w ā' z | alleyways. |
| 3 | -w ā' z | airways, always, byways, Castaways, causeways, doorways, driveways, edgeways, fairways, folkways, foodways, freeways, gateways, getaways, giveaways, hallways, highways, lengthways, outweighs, pathways, railways, roadways, runaways, runways, sideways, stairways, subways, superhighways, walkways, waterways. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-n-s-w-y-y" | |
-1 letter: anyway. | |
-2 letters: yawns. | |
-3 letters: anas, ansa, away, awns, awny, nays, sawn, snaw, swan, sway, wans, wany, ways, wyns, yawn, yaws, yays. | |
-4 letters: aas, ana, any, awa, awn, ays, naw, nay, saw, say, syn, wan, was, way, wyn, yaw, yay. | |
-5 letters: aa, an, as, aw, ay, na, ya. | |
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