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anyways

/ˈɛn.iˌweɪz/

anyways adverb: in any way or respect, at all.

Adverb

anyways (not comparable)

  1. (rare) In any way or respect, at all.
    • it behoves them[…]to remove all objects, causes, companies, occasions, as may anyways molest him […].1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II...
    • ...we are bound to assert that we never heard either in his public discourses or private conversation, anything that might tend towards encouraging sedition, or anyways insolencing the government1851, Church Wardens of Burlington, “The Church Wardens &c. of Burlington to the Honourable Society. Burlington, 28th, 1715”, in Collections of the Protestant Episcopal Historical Society, volume 1...
  2. (Canada, Philippines, US, conjunctive, informal) Anyway, anyhow, in any case.
    • "Anyways," said the damsel, "I am glad punishment followed, and I say so."1864 May – 1865 November, Charles Dickens, “book 2, chapter 12”, in Our Mutual Friend. […], volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1865, →OCLC

anyways meaning in Bengali

anyways in Bengali

যেকোনো ভাবে, দিক থেকে, যাই হোক, যেকোনো ভাবেই

Examples of anyways in a sentence

  • We cut down the limbless tree for firewood. It was dead anyways.
  • I knew I was losing, but I played on anyways.
  • And besides, I'm sure many Americans have at least some knowledge of Celsius anyways.

All 13 example sentences with anyways

Forms of anyways

alternative formanyway

Origin of anyways

From any + adverbial genitive of way (compare always).

Questions about anyways

What does anyways mean?
Anyways means in any way or respect, at all.
What is anyways in Bengali?
Anyways in Bengali is যেকোনো ভাবে, দিক থেকে, যাই হোক. See Anyways meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is anyways?
Anyways is an adverb.
How do you pronounce anyways?
Anyways is pronounced /ˈɛn.iˌweɪz/.

Words near anyways in the dictionary

  1. Anyuan
  2. anyuiite
  3. Anyula
  4. anyus
  5. anyway
  6. anyways
  7. anywhat
  8. anywhen
  9. anywhence
  10. anywhere
  11. anywhere else

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