Meaning & use

anyway

adverb·Everyday

Regardless of what has just been said or happened; used to return to an earlier topic or dismiss objections.

See it in a sentence

It started raining, but we went for our walk anyway.

Anyway, as I was saying before the phone rang, the meeting is at noon.

A note on using this word

Anyway is written as one word; any way as two words means any manner or method, as in is there any way to fix this?

Words with a similar meaning

regardlessnonetheless

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