anyhow
used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,520 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 6,733 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
adverb
- used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement also: anyway, anyways, in any case, at any rate, in any event Anyhow, he is dead nowI think they're asleep; anyhow, they're quiet
- in any way whatsoever also: anyway they came anyhow they couldget it done anyway you can
anyhow in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Anyhow, he and the rabbit gentleman became good friends.
Uncle Wiggily's Travels · Howard Roger Garis · Chapter 1
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I may return as a stowaway, but anyhow expect me, and prepare the fatted outlet.
Punch — Volume 99, August 16, 1890 · Various · Chapter 1
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It pulled with more than one string, This way and that, and anyhow a sting.
John Marr and Other Poems · Herman Melville · Chapter 1
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To occupy the attention of others, anyhow and at any cost, was M. Costeclar’s leading object in life.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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It was a new departure anyhow, and it implied evidently an advance that would administer to his rather undernourished sense of self-importance.
The Soul of a Child · Edwin Björkman · Chapter 1