anyhow

anyhow
adverb
1) see academic.ru/3057/anyway">anyway
2) (haphazardly) irgendwie

the furniture was arranged anyhow — die Möbel waren wahllos irgendwo hingestellt

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adverb
1) (anyway: Anyhow, even if the problem does arise, it won't affect us.) trotzdem
2) (in a careless, untidy way: Books piled anyhow on shelves.) irgendwie
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any·how
[ˈenihaʊ]
adv inv
1. (in any case) sowieso
2. (in a disorderly way) irgendwie
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['enɪhaʊ]
adv
1) (= at any rate) jedenfalls; (= regardless) trotzdem

anyhow, that's what I think —

anyhow, I went to see him anyhow, you're here now — (also) jedenfalls, ich habe ihn besucht jetzt bist du jedenfalls da

I told him not to, but he did it anyhow — ich habe es ihm verboten, aber er hat es trotzdem gemacht

he agrees anyhow, so it doesn't matter — er ist sowieso einverstanden, es spielt also keine Rolle

it's no trouble, I'm going there anyhow — es ist keine Mühe, ich gehe sowieso hin

who cares, anyhow? — überhaupt, wen kümmert es denn schon?

anyhow! — gut!, na ja!

2) (= carelessly) irgendwie; (= at random) aufs Geratewohl

the papers were scattered anyhow on his desk — die Papiere lagen bunt durcheinander auf seinem Schreibtisch

things are all anyhow — alles ist durcheinander

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anyhow adv
1. irgendwie, unordentlich
2. a) trotzdem:
thanks, anyhow trotzdem vielen Dank
b) sowie’so
3. wie dem auch sei, auf alle Fälle, jedenfalls
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adverb
1) see anyway
2) (haphazardly) irgendwie

the furniture was arranged anyhow — die Möbel waren wahllos irgendwo hingestellt

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adv.
irgendwie adv. conj.
dennoch konj.
gleichwohl konj.
trotzdem konj. n.
ohnehin adv.

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