Sentence:  The suggestion that in saying something evil had occurred we were after all making no mistake , because we had never meant <WSD>anyhow</WSD> to say anything about the past suffering , seems to me merely frivolous . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement; anyhow, they're quiet"; anyway, it's gone"; in any case, there was a brief scuffle"