in any case, adv.
freq. cnt. 8
freq. cnt. 8
used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement
<adv.all> freq. cnt.: 48 freq. cnt.: 16 freq. cnt.: 14 freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 4
anyhow anyway anyways at any rate in any case in any event
sample sentences
"Anyhow, he is dead now""I think they're asleep
anyhow, they're quiet"
"I don't know what happened to it
anyway, it's gone"
"anyway, there is another factor to consider"
"I don't know how it started
in any case, there was a brief scuffle"
"in any event, the government faced a serious protest"
"but at any rate he got a knighthood for it"
making an additional point; anyway
<adv.all> freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 10
besides in any case
sample sentences
"I don't want to go to a restaurantbesides, we can't afford it"
"she couldn't shelter behind him all the time and in any case he wasn't always with her"