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anyhow

/ˈɛn.i.haʊ/

anyhow adverb: in any way or manner whatever.

Adverb

anyhow (not comparable)

  1. In any way or manner whatever.
    Synonyms:
    any old how
  2. (conjunctive) In any case. Used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement.
    • Anyhow, he is dead now.
    • I think they’re asleep; anyhow, they’re quiet.
    Synonyms:
    anyway
  3. 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.1897, Richard Marsh, The Beetle
  4. (Singapore, Singlish, broadly) Thoughtlessly, randomly, without careful consideration.
    • Compare Hokkien 亂／乱 (loān) and 四散 (sì-sòaⁿ).
    • No lah! Don’t anyhow say! But you also look so different, Vasoo. First time I’ve seen you without your uniform!1994, Michael Chiang, “Private Parts”, in Private Parts & Other Play Things, →ISBN, page 270

Adjective

anyhow (not comparable)

  1. (Singapore, Singlish, 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.2022 January 25, Jean Wong, Cassandra Nerva, Jerald Ang, “34 Singlish Phrases to Know Before Visiting Singapore”, in tripzilla.com, archived from the original on 30 Sep 2024
    • Even the newspaper recommendation oso anyhow one.2024 December 13, gwbasic, “Is it all the food influencers cannot make it?”, in HardwareZone Forums
    Synonyms:
    half-fuck

anyhow meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu

anyhow in Tamil

எப்படியாவது, எப்படியோ ஒருவகையில்

anyhow in Urdu

ہر حال میں, بَہَر صُورَت, اب جو بھی ہو, جِس طَرَح بھی ہو

anyhow in Bengali

anyhow
কিছুতে kichute

anyhow in Telugu

in any way, in any manner
ఎలాగైనా elāgainā
More languagesFewer languages
anyhow in Malayalam
എങ്ങനെയെങ്കിലും, ഏതെങ്കിലും തരത്തിൽ, ഏതുപ്രകാരത്തിലും, എന്തുതന്നെയായാലും
anyhow in Sanskrit
समह samaha
anyhow in Persian
در هر حال, در هر صورت

Examples of anyhow in a sentence

  • Don’t anyhow say sia, this one not my fault hor.
  • It might do you some good to know him better anyhow.
  • Touch o' green was a fig-leaf, I s'pose—hope so, anyhow!" said Mrs.

All 40 example sentences with anyhow

Synonyms of anyhow

All synonyms of anyhow

Origin of anyhow

From any + how.

Words formed from anyhow

Words that rhyme with anyhow

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Questions about anyhow

What does anyhow mean?
Anyhow means in any way or manner whatever.
What is anyhow in Tamil?
Anyhow in Tamil is எப்படியாவது, எப்படியோ ஒருவகையில். See Anyhow meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is anyhow?
Anyhow can be an adverb or an adjective.
How do you pronounce anyhow?
Anyhow is pronounced /ˈɛn.i.haʊ/ (US).

Words near anyhow in the dictionary

  1. anyfin'
  2. anyfink
  3. anyfuckingbody
  4. anyfuckingone
  5. anyhoo
  6. anyhow
  7. anyhow whack
  8. anyhowly
  9. anyhows
  10. Anyi
  11. Anykščiai

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: anyhow (page history and authors); anyhow (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); anyhow (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); কিছুতে (Bengali) (page history and authors); anyhow (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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