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anyways

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities
US /ˈɛniweɪz/ UK /ˈɛniweɪz/

Meanings

  1. 1
    adv

    informal or dialectal variant of anyway; in any case

    Anyways, we'd best be heading home before dark.

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Synonyms
1 adv · informal or dialectal... anywayanyhowregardlessnonetheless
Word family
Related forms anywayanywiseway

Etymology

From anyway + adverbial genitive -s, from any (Old English ǣnig) + way (Old English weg, 'path, course').

weg Old English
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