anyway
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From any + way.
Compound parts: any
way
Inflected forms:
form: anyways
pos: adv
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Regardless; anyhow.
pos: adv
tags: conjunctive
not-comparable
examples: He didn't enjoy washing his car, but it was so dirty that he did it anyway.
Raymond Carver had only moments late at night to write after grueling day jobs, tense relationships, putting kids to bed, and dealing with his own alcoholism. And he wrote anyway.
gloss: Used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement. See anyhow and at least.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: I don't think that's true. I haven't found any evidence, anyway.
But I wish there were somethin’ you would do or say
To try and make me change my mind and stay
We never did too much talkin’ anyway
Don’t think twice, it’s all right.
gloss: Used to indicate a change of subject.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: "I'll be ninety my next birthday, but Louella doesn't tell her age. Anyway, we're going to have you and Cynthia up for supper."
gloss: Used at the end of a question for emphasis, or to direct the conversation to something of more broad importance (compare with more to the point).
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: “But I say, Kid, isn't that going it a little too strong? Whisky and alcohol's bad enough; but when it comes to brandy and pepper-sauce and—” ¶ “Dump it in. Who's making this punch, anyway?”
The name, Barry Frank, the name of the game when it comes to money these days, in every sport, is television revenue. How do they get enough money- let me back up a minute. How did the United States get the World Cup anyway? Of all the countries in the world, you'd think we'd be the last one to get it.
“We should probably wait until Luke gets here to talk about it,” Leia suggested quietly before Han could answer. Lando glanced past Han, as if only just noticing Luke's absence. “Where is he, anyway?”
gloss: In any way.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
obsolete
examples: He that sleeps in the day-time, or is in suspense, fear, anyway troubled in mind, or goes to bed upon a full stomach, may never hope for quiet rest in the night […].
Synonyms: anywise
anyroad
any road up
any old way
Derived words: the grapes are sour anyway
Translations:
lang: Asturian
word: falando de too un poco
lang: Azerbaijani
word: nəisə
lang: Danish
word: hvorom alting er
lang: Dutch
word: in elk geval
lang: Dutch
word: in ieder geval
lang: Dutch
word: maar goed
lang: Dutch
word: hoe dan ook
lang: Esperanto
word: kiel ajn (estas)
lang: Esperanto
word: ĉiaokaze
lang: Finnish
word: miten vain
lang: Finnish
word: joka tapauksessa
lang: Finnish
word: se sikseen
lang: French
word: bref
lang: German
word: wie auch immer
lang: Greek
word: τέλος πάντων
roman: télos pánton
lang: Hindi
word: ख़ैर
roman: xair
lang: Hungarian
word: amúgy
lang: Hungarian
word: egyébként
lang: Hungarian
word: szóval
lang: Hungarian
word: mindenesetre
lang: Italian
word: comunque
lang: Italian
word: ad ogni modo
lang: Japanese
word: とにかく
roman: tonikaku
lang: Korean
word: 그런데
roman: geureonde
lang: Latin
word: ceterum
lang: Persian
word: در هر حال
roman: dar har hâl
lang: Portuguese
word: de qualquer modo
lang: Romanian
word: oricum
lang: Russian
word: кста́ти
roman: kstáti
lang: Russian
word: ла́дно
roman: ládno
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: co-dhiù
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: co-dhiù no co-dheth
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: uglavnom
lang: Spanish
word: pero bueno
lang: Spanish
word: pues nada
lang: Spanish
word: en fin
lang: Spanish
word: o lo que sea
lang: Spanish
word: o lo que fuese / fuera
lang: Spanish
word: o lo que fuere
lang: Swedish
word: hur som helst
lang: Swedish
word: i alla fall
lang: Swedish
word: aja
lang: Turkish
word: neyse
lang: Turkish
word: her neyse
lang: Urdu
word: خیر
roman: xair