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anyhow

  • /ˈɛn.i.haʊ/ US
  • /ˈæn.i.haʊ/ US

Rhymes with -aʊ

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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.

adverb

  1. not comparable In any way or manner whatever.
  2. conjunctive, not comparable In any case. Used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement. Anyhow, he is dead now.
  3. not comparable 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. Singapore, Singlish, broadly, not comparable Thoughtlessly, randomly, without careful consideration. Compare Hokkien 亂/乱 (loān) and 四散 (sì-sòaⁿ).

Similar: anyhoo, anywho

adjective

  1. Singapore, Singlish, not comparable, predicative 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.

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