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Webster 1913 Edition
Anyways
{
A′ny-way
,A′ny-ways
, }adv.
Anywise; at all.
Tennyson. Southey.
Definition 2024
anyways
anyways
English
Adverb
anyways (not comparable)
- (rare) In any way.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.2.6.ii:
- it behoves them […] to remove all objects, causes, companies, occasions, as may anyways molest him […].
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.2.6.ii:
- (conjunctive, informal, chiefly Canada, US) Anyway, anyhow, in any case.
- 1865, Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend, book 2, chapter 12:
- "Anyways," said the damsel, "I am glad punishment followed, and I say so."
- 1865, Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend, book 2, chapter 12: