anyways, adv. and conj.
(ˈɛnɪweɪz)
[any + ways, adverbial genitive, as in always.]
1. adv. In any way, in any respect, at all.
| c 1560 Bk. Comm. Prayer, All those who are any ways afflicted..in mind, body, or estate. 1638 Preston Mount Ebal 10 As the Rudder of a ship, which turnes it any wayes. 1673 Ray Jrny. thro' Low Countries Ded., If either Catalogue or Observations prove any ways useful. 1794 Southey Wat Tyler iii. i, Who may have been anyways concerned in the late insurrections. 1834 De Quincey Cæsars Wks. X. 61 Nor was such an interference..anyways injurious. |
2. advb. conj. In any case, at all events, anyhow. dial. or illiterate.
| 1865 Dickens Mut. Fr. xii. 228 Anyways, I am glad, etc. |