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Adverbs
(r)anyhow, anyway, anyways, in any case, at any rate, in any eventused 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”
(r)besides, in any casemaking an additional point; anyway“I don't want to go to a restaurant; besides, we can't afford it”, “she couldn't shelter behind him all the time and in any case he wasn't always with her”