IN ANY EVENT

• (adverb) used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement

  "Anyhow, 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"

  synonyms : anyhow , anyway , anyways , at any rate , in any case

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