as in whatever
in spite of everything
I don't care what you say—I'm going anyways!
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Recent Examples of anyways
By the end of the 1990s, just about no recreational diver was using a mechanical watch anyways, so the whole idea of a mechanical dive watch today is a nostalgic exercise in postmodern irony.
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Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 21 Nov. 2024
Lorne Michaels had warned him that flying weekly between New York and London to film would be too grueling, but Yang went ahead with it anyways.
—Sarah Burke, Them, 23 Oct. 2024
My small chronos with similarly elaborate timing scales are pretty much illegible anyways.
—Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2024
Newport questioned Bateman on why Osmond anyways and if his last name had anything to do with the appeal.
—Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 10 Oct. 2024
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Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 21 Nov. 2024
Lorne Michaels had warned him that flying weekly between New York and London to film would be too grueling, but Yang went ahead with it anyways.
—Sarah Burke, Them, 23 Oct. 2024
My small chronos with similarly elaborate timing scales are pretty much illegible anyways.
—Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2024
Newport questioned Bateman on why Osmond anyways and if his last name had anything to do with the appeal.
—Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 10 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for anyways
Adverb
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Wants to be sure her friends notice her new whatever-she's-wearing.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 May 2021
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And so the Administration of Harvard, by its own admission, has taken no action whatever.—
William F. Buckley Jr.,
National Review,
23 Oct. 2017
Adverb
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And though all eyes are on the QB with the Giants’ No. 3 selection, Schoen knows the team is in a good position regardless.—
Charlotte Carroll,
The Athletic,
29 Jan. 2025
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The Rams likely have to spend a top pick on an offensive tackle regardless with Havenstein being toward the end of his career.—
Adam Grosbard,
Orange County Register,
28 Jan. 2025
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Trump also appears to have nodded towards the belief among some Israelis that Gaza isn’t really Palestinian land anyway.—
Tim Lister,
CNN,
28 Jan. 2025
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If Pitt and Tarantino agree to collaborate again, the movie couldn’t have begun shooting until maybe late this year or early 2025 anyway, due to the actor’s prior commitments with a Formula 1 racing movie.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
28 Jan. 2025
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“Anyways.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anyways. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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