at any rate, adv.
freq. cnt. 4
freq. cnt. 4
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"
if nothing else (`leastwise' is informal and `leastways' is colloquial)
<adv.all> freq. cnt.: 60 freq. cnt.: 60
at any rate at least leastways leastwise
sample sentences
"at least he survived""they felt--at any rate Jim felt--relieved though still wary"
"the influence of economists--or at any rate of economics--is far-reaching"
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