anyhow

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   in any way whatsoever

   they came anyhow they could

2. 2
   adv

   In any case. Used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement.

   Anyhow, he is dead now.

3. 3
   adv

   Without care or tidiness; recklessly, negligently or randomly.

   It was a woman’s clothing, beyond a doubt, all thrown in anyhow, — as if the person who had placed it there had been in a desperate hurry.

4. 4
   adv

   Thoughtlessly, randomly, without careful consideration.

   Compare Hokkien 亂／乱 (loān) and 四散 (sì-sòaⁿ).

5. 5
   adj

   Random, careless, offhand, disorderly; done without thought or consideration.

   Rabak, to refer to something messed up: Eh bro, your hairdresser anyhow sia, your hair damn rabak.

6. 6
   adv

   used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement

7. 7
   adv

   In any way or manner whatever.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Indo-European *h₁oy-no-kós Proto-Germanic *ainagaz Proto-West Germanic *ainag Old English ǣniġ Middle English ani English any Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷís Proto-Germanic *hwō Old English hū Middle English how English how English anyhow From any + how.