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English adverb: at any rate

1. at any rate used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement


SamplesAnyhow, he is dead now.
I think they're asleep; anyhow, they're quiet.
I don't know what happened to it; anyway, it's gone.
Anyway, there is another factor to consider.
I don't know how it started; in any case, there was a brief scuffle.
In any event, the government faced a serious protest.
But at any rate he got a knighthood for it.


Synonymsanyhow, anyway, anyways, in any case, in any event

2. at any rate if nothing else (`leastwise' is informal and `leastways' is colloquial)


SamplesAt least he survived.
They felt--at any rate Jim felt--relieved though still wary.
The influence of economists--or at any rate of economics--is far-reaching.


Synonymsat least, leastways, leastwise


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