 at_any_rate |
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| 1. | [ adverb ] used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement | |
| Synonyms: | anyway anyhow in_any_case in_any_event | |
| Examples: | "Anyhow, he is dead now" "I don't know what happened to it anyway, it's gone" "in any case, there was a brief scuffle" "but at any rate he got a knighthood for it" |
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| 2. | [ adverb ] if nothing else | |
| Synonyms: | at_least leastwise leastways | |
| Examples: | "at 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" (`leastwise' is informal `leastways' is colloquial) |
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| Related terms: | colloquialism | |
