anyhow Meaning, Definition & Usage

adverb used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement; anyhow, they're quiet"; anyway, it's gone"; in any case, there was a brief scuffle"
anyway; at any rate; in any event; anyways; in any case.
- Anyhow, he is dead now
- I think they're asleep
- I don't know what happened to it
- anyway, there is another factor to consider
- I don't know how it started
- in any event, the government faced a serious protest
- but at any rate he got a knighthood for it
adverb in any way whatsoever
anyway.
- they came anyhow they could
- get it done anyway you can

In any way or manner whatever; at any rate; in any event.
Anyhow, it must be acknowledged to be not a simple selforiginated error. J. H. Newman.

Anyhow, the languages of the two nations were closely allied. E. A. Freeman.