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I think once you get it in your head, that you're not going to do anything bigger, you just do things that you enjoy, which has always been my ethos anyway.
Billy Boyd

Meaning of "anyway" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ANYWAY

anyway  [ˈɛnɪˌweɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ANYWAY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Anyway is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES ANYWAY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of anyway in the English dictionary

The first definition of anyway in the dictionary is in any case; at any rate; nevertheless; anyhow. Other definition of anyway is in a careless or haphazard manner. Anyway is also Usually any way. in any manner; by any means.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ANYWAY


alleyway
ˈælɪˌweɪ
Broadway
ˈbrɔːdˌweɪ
byway
ˈbaɪˌweɪ
castaway
ˈkɑːstəˌweɪ
Chippeway
ˈtʃɪpɪˌweɪ
Conway
ˈkɒnˌweɪ
driveway
ˈdraɪvˌweɪ
everyway
ˈɛvrɪˌweɪ
gateway
ˈɡeɪtˌweɪ
giveaway
ˈɡɪvəˌweɪ
highway
ˈhaɪˌweɪ
midway
ˈmɪdˌweɪ
Norway
ˈnɔːˌweɪ
parkway
ˈpɑːkˌweɪ
pathway
ˈpɑːθˌweɪ
railway
ˈreɪlˌweɪ
runway
ˈrʌnˌweɪ
subway
ˈsʌbˌweɪ
taxiway
ˈtæksɪˌweɪ
Weihaiwei
ˌweɪˈhaɪˌweɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ANYWAY

anybody
anyhow
anymore
anyon
anyone
anyone´s guess
anyplace
anyroad
anything
anything but
anythingarian
anytime
anyways
anywhen
anywhere
anywhere from
anywheres
anywhither
anywise

WORDS THAT END LIKE ANYWAY

away
by the way
entryway
get away
getaway
go away
in a bad way
in a way
in no way
keyway
no way
once and away
one-way
out of the way
out-of-the-way
right away
skyway
the way
two-way
way

Synonyms and antonyms of anyway in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ANYWAY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «anyway» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of anyway

Translation of «anyway» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ANYWAY

Find out the translation of anyway to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of anyway from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «anyway» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

总之
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

de todos modos
570 millions of speakers

English

anyway
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

वैसे भी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

على أَيِّ حال
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

как бы то ни было
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

de qualquer maneira
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

যাহাই হউক না কেন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

de toute façon
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bagaimanapun
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

trotzdem
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

とにかく
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

어쨌든
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kepiye wae
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dù sao đi nữa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

எப்படியும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तरीही
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

neyse
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

comunque
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

w każdym razie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

в будь-якому разі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

oricum
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εν πάση περιπτώσει
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

in elk geval
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

i alla fall
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

likevel
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of anyway

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ANYWAY»

The term «anyway» is very widely used and occupies the 4.405 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ANYWAY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «anyway» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «anyway» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about anyway

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10 QUOTES WITH «ANYWAY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word anyway.
1
Damon Albarn
I want to be a better person in every aspect. I really don't feel I've in anyway fulfilled my potential in every area of my life. But I'm optimistic.
2
Christian Bale
I tend to think you're fearless when you recognize why you should be scared of things, but do them anyway.
3
Maria Bello
So many actors wear wigs nowadays. Besides, if someone is hiring me because of how I wear my hair, I don't want to work with them anyway.
4
Emily Blunt
I can understand there are things like shadows they need to fix after a shoot, but it's unfair to represent an image of yourself if it's not true. They're gonna see what you look like on film anyway, so why try to cover all your wobbly bits in a photo?
5
Hart Bochner
I love directing more than anything in the world, and I love being in the editing room. I love cutting. When I'm shooting, I cut it in my head anyway. That's not to say that it always turns out that way, but you have a sense when you're composing a sequence or a scene how you want it to look anyway.
6
Billy Boyd
I think once you get it in your head, that you're not going to do anything bigger, you just do things that you enjoy, which has always been my ethos anyway.
7
Jim Brown
It is up to God to take revenge. Only God can judge. I don't have to worry about getting even with anybody or taking out any kind of aggression on anybody. Doing that is a weakness, anyway.
8
Julie Burchill
What sort of sap doesn't know by now that picture-perfect beauty is all done with smoke and mirrors anyway?
9
T Bone Burnett
I think we in the Alpha Band, which was a strange group anyway, weren't dealing with any of these issues. They sneaked up on us and took us over, before we know what was going on.
10
Steve Carlton
It's all quotes, anyway, and it all sounds the same to me.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ANYWAY»

Discover the use of anyway in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to anyway and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Love Me Anyway: A Novel
An assured debut from a former flight attendant, Love Me Anyway deftly captures the complexities of love, friendship, and family, the excitement and loneliness that come from living everywhere and nowhere, and the surprising detours life ...
Tiffany Hawk, 2013
2
Whose Lives Are They Anyway?: Whose Lives Are They Anyway? ...
Whose Lives Are They Anyway? boldly proves a critical point: The biopic is a genuine, dynamic genre and an important oneùit narrates, exhibits, and celebrates a subject's life and demonstrates, investigates, or questions his or her ...
Dennis Bingham, 2010
3
Whose Life is it Anyway?
When sculptor Ken Harrison is permanently paralysed in an accident, he resolves to die rather than live with his physically helpless state.
Brian Clark, 1993
4
What is a P-value anyway?: 34 stories to help you actually ...
What is a p-value Anyway? offers a fun introduction to the fundamental principles of statistics, presenting the essential concepts in thirty-four brief, enjoyable stories.
Andrew Vickers, 2010
5
What's the Economy For, Anyway?: Why It's Time to Stop ...
Beginning by shattering our fetish for GDP, What's the Economy For, Anyway? offers a fresh perspective on quality of life, health, security, work-life balance, leisure, social justice, and perhaps most important, sustainability.
John de Graaf, David K. Batker, 2011
6
Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway
This inspiring modern classic has helped thousands turn their anger into love - and their indecision into action - with Susan Jeffers' simple but profound advice to 'feel the fear and do it anyway'.
Susan Jeffers, 2012
7
Whose Money Is It Anyway?
This book will help you do that."-John MacArthur John MacArthur has written this no-nonsense book to affirm Christ's teaching that "it is more blessed to give than to receive.
John MacArthur, 2000
8
I Love You and I'm Leaving You Anyway: A Memoir
I Love You and I'm Leaving You Anyway is the comic, tragic, unflinchingly real, and ultimately victorious true story of how one woman learned to love herself no matter what.
Tracy McMillan, 2011
9
Like You'd Understand, Anyway: Stories
Presents eleven stories that range across time and geography to offer portraits of the first woman in space, an executioner in Revolutionary Paris whose job forces a crisis in conscience, and a middle-aged Aeschylus still seeking parental ...
Jim Shepard, 2008
10
Do It Anyway: Finding Personal Meaning and Happiness by ...
They became the basis of Keith’s bestselling book Anyway: The Paradoxical Commandments. Do It Anyway expands on the vision behind the Paradoxical Commandments.
Kent M. Keith, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ANYWAY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term anyway is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Just How Stagnant Are Wages, Anyway?
There's no doubt that the fortunes of many American families were hammered during the recession and its aftermath, from 2007 onward. «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
2
Rakes: Half-relieved, anyway, about the GOP nomination …
It was a relief to read in The Roanoke Times on June 28 ("GOP factions get compromise plan," news story) that the Republican Party of Virginia ... «Roanoke Times, Jul 15»
3
Scoop: WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY? on THE CW - Tonight, July 6 …
Hosted by comedian Aisha Tyler, cast members Ryan Stiles, Wayne Brady and Colin Mochrie, along with guest comedian Gary Anthony ... «Broadway World, Jul 15»
4
Why Would Batman Fight Superman Anyway?
We remember that the reason Batman and Superman butted heads in The Dark Knight Returns is because the President wanted to get him ... «Caped Crusades, Jul 15»
5
Man Admits To Plotting To Massacre Muslims, Judge Sets Him Free …
Man Admits To Plotting To Massacre Muslims, Judge Sets Him Free Anyway. by Judd Legum Posted on July 5, 2015 at 9:01 am. CREDIT: Robert R. Doggart. «ThinkProgress, Jul 15»
6
Sexist ya feminist? Whose selfie is it anyway?
By invitation: Paromita Vohra In its brief existence — pictures with the hashtag selfie first showed up on Flickr in 2004, going viral only with the ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
7
Sometimes you've got to feel the fear and do it anyway
In a week when I finally swallowed any sense of sensibility - or pride - and threw my name into the ring for the next general election, my eye ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
8
Cape Watch: Which Black Panther Will We Get in Captain America …
SUPER IDEA: Which Black Panther Are We Going to Meet in Captain America, Anyway? Feige has also been talking about the role that ... «Wired, Jul 15»
9
What Is LaMarcus Aldridge Motivated By, Anyway?
LaMarcus Aldridge is about to make the biggest decision of his career. We know surprisingly little about what's on his mind. Tweet Share on ... «Blazer's Edge, Jul 15»
10
Whose land is it anyway?
Sharifa Juma, a farmer in Lushoto, Tanzania. To address the staggering issue of land ownership, businesses are now responding with ... «Devex, Jul 15»

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