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an·y·ways  (n-wz)
adv. Nonstandard
In any case.
anyways [ˈɛnɪˌweɪz]
adv
US and Canadian a nonstandard word for anyway
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Adv.1.anyways - 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"
anyhow, anyway, at any rate, in any case, in any event


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but, anyways, we're such old friends, and t' hide a word of honest truth fro' one another would be a sin and a pity.
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I hates yo' pappy; he hain't got no heart--for niggers, he hain't, anyways.
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