anyhow

• POS: Adverb
• HYPHEN: an=y=how

CIDE DICTIONARY

anyhow, adv. 

 In any way or manner whatever; at any rate; in any event.  [1913 Webster]
"Anyhow, it must be acknowledged to be not a simple selforiginated error."  [1913 Webster]
"Anyhow, the languages of the two nations were closely allied."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

anyhow, adv.
1 anyway.
2 in a disorderly manner or state (does his work anyhow; things are all anyhow).

THESAURUS

anyhow

airily, any old way, any which way, anyway, anywise, at all, at any rate, at random, bunglingly, by any means, carelessly, casually, clumsily, cursorily, disregardfully, forgetfully, haphazard, haphazardly, heedlessly, helter-skelter, hit and miss, hit or miss, however, in any case, in any event, in any way, inattentively, inconsiderately, irregardless, messily, nevertheless, nohow, nonetheless, offhand, offhandedly, once over lightly, perfunctorily, promiscuously, random, randomly, recklessly, regardless, regardlessly, slapdash, sloppily, tactlessly, thoughtlessly, unguardedly, unheedfully, unheedingly, unmindfully, unsolicitously, unthinkingly, unvigilantly, unwarily

ROGET THESAURUS

anyhow

Method

N method, way, manner, wise, gait, form, mode, fashion, tone, guise, modus operandi, MO, procedure, path, road, route, course, line of way, line of road, trajectory, orbit, track, beat, tack, steps, stair, staircase, flight of stairs, ladder, stile, perron, bridge, footbridge, viaduct, pontoon, steppingstone, plank, gangway, drawbridge, pass, ford, ferry, tunnel, pipe, door, gateway, channel, passage, avenue, means of access, approach, adit, artery, lane, loan, alley, aisle, lobby, corridor, back-door, back-stairs, secret passage, covert way, vennel, roadway, pathway, stairway, express, thoroughfare, highway, turnpike, freeway, royal road, coach road, broad highway, King's highway, Queen's highway, beaten track, beaten path, horse road, bridle road, bridle track, bridle path, walk, trottoir, footpath, pavement, flags, sidewalk, crossroad, byroad, bypath, byway, cut, short cut carrefour, private road, occupation road, highways and byways, railroad, railway, tram road, tramway, towpath, causeway, canal, street, speedway, adv, how, in what way, in what manner, by what mode, so, in this way, after this fashion, one way or another, anyhow, somehow or other, by way of, via, in transitu, on the high road to, hae tibi erunt artes.

Neglect

N neglect, carelessness, trifling, negligence, omission, oversight, laches, default, supineness, inattention, nonchalance, imprudence, recklessness, slovenliness improvidence, noncompletion, inexactness, paralipsis, paralepsis, paraleipsis (in rhetoric), trifler, waiter on Providence, Micawber, neglecting, unmindful, negligent, neglectful, heedless, careless, thoughtless, perfunctory, remiss, feebleness, inconsiderate, uncircumspect, incircumspect, off one's guard, unwary, unwatchful, unguarded, offhand, supine, inattentive, insouciant, imprudent, reckless, slovenly inexact, improvident, neglected, unheeded, uncared-for, unperceived, unseen, unobserved, unnoticed, unnoted, unmarked, unattended to, unthought of, unregarded, unremarked, unmissed, shunted, shelved, unexamined, unstudied, unsearched, unscanned, unweighed, unsifted, unexplored, abandoned, buried in a napkin, hid under a bushel, negligently, hand over head, anyhow, in an unguarded moment, per incuriam, Int, never mind, no matter, let it pass, out of sight, out of mind.