anyhowly

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English

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Etymology

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    From anyhow +‎ -ly. First attested in 1949.[1]

    Adverb

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    anyhowly (not comparable)

    1. (now East Africa, Singapore) In any which way; haphazardly, arbitrarily.
      • 2022, Okwiri Oduor, Things They Lost, New York, N.Y. []: Scribner, →ISBN, page 353:
        Nabumbo Promise spoke, her voice low, almost a whisper. You're all grown now, huh? Youre going to talk to me just anyhowly now, huh?

    References

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    1. ^ anyhowly, adv.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.