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English
Etymology
any + way
Pronunciation
Alternative forms
Adverb
anyway (not comparable )
( conjunctive ) Regardless ; anyhow . [from 19th c.]
He didn't enjoy washing his car, but it was so dirty that he did it anyway .
2016 , JoAnneh Nagler, How to be an artist without losing your mind, your shirt, or your creative compass , →ISBN , page 85 :Raymond Carver had only moments late at night to write after grueling day jobs, tense relationships, putting kids to bed, and dealing with his own alcoholism. And he wrote anyway .
( speech act ) Used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement . See anyhow and at least . [from 19th c.]
I don't think that's true. I haven't found any evidence, anyway .
1962 , Bob Dylan , Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
But I wish there were somethin' you would do or say / To try and make me change my mind and stay / We never did too much talkin' anyway / Don't think twice, it's all right.
( speech act ) Used to indicate a change of subject.
2005 , Jan Karon, These High, Green Hills :"I'll be ninety my next birthday, but Louella doesn't tell her age. Anyway , we're going to have you and Cynthia up for supper."
( obsolete ) In any way. [16th-19th c.]
1621 , Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton ], The Anatomy of Melancholy, [ … ] , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC , partition II, section 2, member 5:He that sleeps in the day-time, or is in suspense, fear, anyway troubled in mind, or goes to bed upon a full stomach, may never hope for quiet rest in the night […].
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Translations
regardless
Arabic:
Egyptian Arabic: عَلَى الْعُلُوم ( ʿalā l-ʿolūm )
Azerbaijani: yenə də
Chinese:
Cantonese: 都 ( dou1 ) , 照 (yue) ( ziu3 )
Mandarin: 照樣 / 照样 (zh) ( zhàoyàng ) , 照样 (zh) ( zhàoyàng )
Dutch: toch (nl) , desondanks (nl) , trots dat ( archaic )
Esperanto: ĉiuokaze (eo)
Finnish: kuitenkin (fi) , siitä huolimatta
French: quand même (fr) , de toute façon (fr)
German: trotzdem (de) , ohnehin (de)
Greek: ούτως ή άλλως ( oútos í állos ) , όπως και να έχει ( ópos kai na échei ) , εν πάση περιπτώσει (el) ( en pási periptósei ) , έτσι κι αλλιώς ( étsi ki alliós ) , πάντως (el) ( pántos )
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Hebrew: בכל מקרה ( bekhól mikré ) , בכל זאת ( bekhól zót ) , מכל מקום (he) , בכל אופן , גם ככה (he)
Hungarian: azért (hu) , attól még , mégis (hu) , mégiscsak , ennek ellenére (hu) , ettől függetlenül , mindenesetre (hu)
Italian: senza riguardo , comunque (it)
Maori: me aha koa
Persian: در هر حال ( dar har hâl )
Portuguese: mesmo assim , de qualquer forma , de qualquer maneira , de todo modo
Russian: несмотря́ (на что-либо) ( nesmotrjá (na što-libo) ) , всё равно́ (ru) ( vsjo ravnó )
Scottish Gaelic: co-dhiù , co-dhiù no co-dheth
Spanish: aún así (es) , a pesar de todo , igualmente (es) , de todos modos , de todas formas
Swedish: ändå (sv) , i alla fall (sv)
Ukrainian: хай там як ( xaj tam jak )
Vietnamese: bất chấp (vi)
used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement
Arabic: عَلَى أَيُّ حَالٍ ( ʕalā ʔayyu ḥālin )
Azerbaijani: onsuz da
Catalan: de qualsevol manera , en fi
Chinese:
Cantonese: 橫𠶧 / 横𠶧 ( waang4 dim6 )
Mandarin: 反正 (zh) ( fǎnzheng ) , 無論如何 / 无论如何 (zh) ( wúlùnrúhésc=Hani ) , 无论如何 (zh) ( wúlùnrúhé ) , 横順 ( huan2sen1 (Sichuan) )
Czech: v každém případě
Dutch: in elk geval , in ieder geval , hoe dan ook
Finnish: ainakaan (fi)
French: en tout cas (fr) , de toute façon (fr) , d’ailleurs (fr)
German: auf jeden Fall (de) , irgendwie (de) , jedenfalls (de) , trotzdem (de)
Greek: εν πάση περιπτώσει (el) ( en pási periptósei ) , τέλος πάντων (el) ( télos pánton ) , πάντως (el) ( pántos )
Hebrew: בכל מקרה ( bekhól mikré ) , בכל זאת ( bekhól zót )
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Hungarian: amúgy is , amúgy sem , különben is , különben sem , egyébként is , egyébként sem , mindenesetre (hu)
Irish: ar aon chaoi
Italian: in ogni caso
Japanese: とにかく (ja) ( tonikaku ) , どうせ (ja) ( dōse ) , 何しろ ( nanishiro ) , いずれにしても ( izure ni shite mo )
Korean: 아무튼 (ko) ( amuteun )
Norwegian: uansett (no)
Portuguese: mesmo (pt)
Russian: в любо́м слу́чае (ru) ( v ljubóm slúčaje ) , так и́ли и́на́че (ru) ( tak íli ínáče ) , во вся́ком слу́чае (ru) ( vo vsjákom slúčaje )
Scottish Gaelic: co-dhiù , co-dhiù no co-dheth
Spanish: de cualquier manera , de todos modos
Swedish: i alla fall (sv) , ändå (sv) , hur som helst (sv)
Ukrainian: хай там як ( xaj tam jak ) , в уся́кому ра́зі ( v usjákomu rázi )
used to indicate change of subject
Azerbaijani: nəisə
Danish: hvorom alting er
Dutch: in elk geval , in ieder geval , maar goed
Finnish: miten vain , joka tapauksessa (fi) , se sikseen
French: bref (fr)
Greek: τέλος πάντων (el) ( télos pánton )
Hungarian: amúgy (hu) , egyébként (hu) , szóval , mindenesetre (hu)
Italian: comunque (it) , ad ogni modo
Japanese: とにかく (ja) ( tonikaku )
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Korean: 그런데 (ko) ( geureonde )
Persian: در هر حال ( dar har hâl )
Portuguese: de qualquer modo
Russian: кста́ти (ru) ( kstáti ) , ла́дно (ru) ( ládno )
Scottish Gaelic: co-dhiù , co-dhiù no co-dheth
Swedish: i alla fall (sv) , hur som helst (sv)
Turkish: neyse (tr) , her neyse
in any way
Arabic: بِأَيَّةِ طَرِيقَة ( biʔayyati ṭarīqa )
Belarusian: у любым выпадку ( u ljubym vypadku )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 點都要 / 点都要 ( dim2 dou1 jiu3 ) , 係都要 / 系都要 ( hai6 dou1 jiu3 )
Mandarin: 無論如何 / 无论如何 (zh) ( wúlùnrúhé ) , 无论如何 (zh) ( wúlùnrúhé )
Dutch: hoe dan ook
Finnish: joka tapauksessa (fi)
French: quoi qu’il en soit (fr)
German: wie auch immer
Hebrew: בכל מקרה ( bekhól mikré ) , בכל זאת ( bekhól zót )
Hindi: वैसे भी ( vaise bhī )
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Hungarian: bárhogy (hu) , bárhogyan (hu) , akárhogy (hu) , akárhogyan (hu) , bármely /bármilyen mód on /formá ban (is )
Italian: comunque (it) , in ogni modo
Japanese: とにかく (ja) ( tonikaku )
Korean: 아무튼 (ko) ( amuteun )
Macedonian: секако ( sekako )
Portuguese: de qualquer forma
Russian: в любо́м слу́чае (ru) ( v ljubóm slúčaje )
Scottish Gaelic: co-dhiù
Spanish: en fin , de todos modos
Swedish: hursomhelst (sv)
Turkish: neyse (tr)
Ukrainian: в будь-якому разі ( v budʹ-jakomu razi ) , в будь-якому випадку ( v budʹ-jakomu vypadku ) , в уся́кому ра́зі ( v usjákomu rázi )