anyhowadv.adj.n.

Brit.

/ˈɛnɪhaʊ/, U.S.

/ˈɛniˌhaʊ/

Forms: see any adj., pron., n., and adv. and how adv., int., and n.³

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: any adj., how adv.

Etymology: < any adj. + how adv.

A. adv.

1. In any manner, by any means; to any extent, at all.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [adverb] > by any means or at all

anyhow1637

however1673

anyhows1875

1637 P. Heylyn Antidotum Lincolniense ii. vi. 57 Doth the Cardinall imply in this, that Iudas his bagge, may with good reason (any how) be called an Altar?

1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey II. 195 By the time my Voiturin got to the place, it wanted full two hours of compleating before a passage could any how be gain'd.

1811 E. Nares Thinks I to Myself II. 161 They..turned out so sickly and fitty that there was no rearing them anyhow.

1844 Ld. Brougham Brit. Constit. viii. 109 Any law, anyhow made, provided it be made calmly.

1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. App. 747 Whether the two can anyhow be the same.

1896 G. B. Shaw Let. 6 Sept. (1965) I. 650 Reading the thing over and over until I have discovered the bits that can't be made to playact anyhow.

1907 Westm. Gaz. 21 Mar. 9/1 They ran their omnibuses as many hours as they could anyhow be kept on the road.

a1908 H. C. Hart MS Coll. Ulster Words in M. Traynor Eng. Dial. Donegal (1953) 221/2 Purchase,..to obtain, procure, get a required thing anyhow.

2011 R. Piazza Soft Matter iii. 75 Each link [in a polymer molecule] can be arranged anyhow, provided that it remains bound to the preceding and following ones.

2. In any way whatsoever, however imperfect; (hence) in a haphazard manner, unmethodically; carelessly, untidily. Cf. any old how at any adj., pron., n., and adv. Phrases 6c(b).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [adverb] > by some means

somewayc1450

anyhow1678

onehow1719

somehow1741

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > [adverb] > randomly

wildlyc1369

random1619

hab nab1664

randomly1765

anyhow1828

1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. v. 676 Writing down the..Letters of the Alphabet, transposedly, any how.

1740 P. Pineda New Dict., Spanish & Eng. (new ed.) (at cited word) Anyhow, de qualquiera manera que sea.

1828 T. Carlyle in Foreign Rev. 2 125 Done anyhow, no profitable one.

1853 E. C. Gaskell Ruth II. iii. 64 Just try..to think of all the odd jobs as to be done well..not just slurred over anyhow.

1868 A. Helps Realmah II. xv. 193 His clothes seem to be huddled on anyhow.

1896 Appletons' Pop. Sci. Monthly Feb. 538 They are apt at first to be thrown in anyhow.

1901 St. Mary's Hosp. Gaz. June 94/1 The order of the programme was abandoned, and the items were taken anyhow.

1954 M. Procter Hell is City i. ii. 23 It [sc. money in notes] came out of my bag all scrumpled up anyhow, just as I'd stuffed it in.

2000 K. Atkinson Emotionally Weird (2001) 224 She has had a correct upbringing, whereas I have been dragged up anyhow.

a. As sentence adverb: at any rate; in any case; = anyway adv. 2a. Cf. any old how at any adj., pron., n., and adv. Phrases 6c(a).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > [adverb] > at all events, at any rate

alwayc1405

alwaysa1413

of all hands1548

when all is said and done?1570

after all1590

howevera1616

at all rates1667

at any rate1730

whether or no1784

anyhow1799

anyways1828

anyhows1830

anyway1832

any road1855

anywise1859

whatever1870

any old how1900

anyhoo1924

nohow1926

anyroads1929

1799 J. Scott tr. Ināyat Allāh Bahar-Danush I. viii. 124 I thought she might possibly be a ghole.., or a demon, who had taken this shape; but that, anyhow, her person was not free from mischief.

1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan I. 381 I was ready to go abroad, any how, then.

1842 J. H. Newman Church of Fathers (ed. 2) 250 Any how, it must be acknowledged to be not a simple self-originated error.

1892 Scribner's Mag. Nov. 632/2 Well, praise be, she hasn't a baby, anyhow!

1912 H. Belloc This & That 144 I don't suppose he rides, but I can't mount him anyhow.

1914 J. Joyce Dubliners 163 ‘There's one of them, anyhow,’ said Mr Henchy, ‘that didn't renege him.’

1966 Word Study Dec. 3/2 There's no real point in worrying anyhow. It just messes you up.

2009 Ireland's Eye Jan. 25/3 I haven't had time for marriage. Men are a nuisance anyhow.

2011 Independent 8 Mar. (Viewspaper section) 4/4 And why would I want to serve myself anyhow?

b. Used for emphasis at the end of a question; ‘may I ask?’, ‘would you say?’; = anyway adv. 2b.Sometimes used to indicate firmer intent to direct the conversation, or to register scepticism, exasperation, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > [adverb] > indicating a question

whatOE

howc1000

how aboutc1000

indeeda1616

really1753

anyhow1846

how's about?1952

1846 J. J. Hooper Some Adventures Simon Suggs ii. 20 What do boys have daddies for, any how?

1895 Cent. Mag. Sept. 690/2 What's the matter with me, anyhow?

1910 C. E. Mulford Hopalong Cassidy xi. 74 What's eating him, anyhow?

1940 Railroad Mag. Apr. 29/1 What the hell was you thinkin' about, anyhow?

2001 S. King Dreamcatcher vi. 195 What kind of chickenshit quits off the football team cause of a broken nose, anyhow?

c. In spite of some instruction, action, or circumstance; nevertheless; regardless.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > [adverb] > however, nevertheless, notwithstanding

though-whetherc897

nathelesseOE

though971

whetherOE

yetOE

neverlOE

what for-thyc1175

nethelessa1200

never the latterc1225

algatec1230

in spite of (despite, maugre, etc.) one's teethc1230

nought for thatc1275

(all) for noughtc1325

(in) spite of one's nosec1325

alway1340

thoughless1340

ne'er the later (also latter)a1382

ne'er the lessa1382

neverlatera1382

neverthelessa1382

ne for-thia1400

neverlessa1400

not-againstandinga1400

nauthelessc1400

nouthelessc1400

algatesc1405

noughtwithstanding1422

netherless?a1425

notwithstanding1425

nethertheless1440

not gainstandingc1440

not the lessa1450

alwaysa1470

howbeit1470

never þe quedera1475

nought the lessc1480

what reck?a1513

nonetheless1533

howsomever1562

after all1590

in spite of spite1592

meantime1594

notwithstand1596

withal1596

in the meanwhile1597

meanwhile1597

howsoever1601

in (one's) spite?1615

however1623

in the meantime1631

non obstante1641

at the same time1679

with a non-obstante to1679

stilla1699

the same1782

all the same1803

quand même1825

still and all1829

anyhow1867

anyway1876

still and ona1894

all the samey1897

just the same1901

but1939

1867 G. MacDonald Ann. Quiet Neighbourhood I. xi. 367 They went, anyhow, whether they had to do it or not.

1969 M. Piercy Going Down Fast 53 Fern can't see my stuff for shit but she tries, anyhow.

1991 A. Martin Walking on Water (1992) xxvi. 99 The Lord said, ‘Don't finish that roundhouse.’ But I finished it anyhow.

2006 Time Out N.Y. 21 Sept. 153/3 At the performance I attended, half of the audience stood up at the end anyhow, applauding its own upstandingness.

d. Used to end a conversation, change topic, or return to a previous topic after a digression or interruption; = anyway adv. 2d.

ΚΠ

1911 F. L. Packard On Iron at Big Cloud viii. 90 There's no rubbing in being done except in your eye! Anyhow, that's enough talk.

1939 Listener 16 Nov. 956/2 Anyhow, to cut a long story short, they did shove him in the car.

1990 G. Kreutz Bottoms Up! 101 Anyhow, enough about me. What are you doing coming out of my wife's bathroom?!

2002 Spectator (Nexis) 26 Jan. 68 Anyhow, to return to the issue of the leak.

B. adj.

Haphazard, untidy, disorganized.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > untidiness > [adjective]

untidya1375

unred1528

sluttish?1529

untrimmed?1529

untrick1570

untrim1570

shevelled1613

hirsute1621

incompta1628

messy1627

unneat1648

tawdry1672

slattern1680

bunting1759

untrig1821

sloggering1825

slummocking1825

scrambling1826

poucey1829

anyhow1831

mullocky1839

ragtail1846

mussy1859

slubbery1880

unshipshape1883

mussed1888

slummocky1898

ruggy1929

idle1956

1831 M. Edgeworth Let. 16 Mar. (1971) 488 Macauley..does not look the orator well..yellow hair all any-how except the right way.

1891 Jrnl. U.S. Cavalry Assoc. 4 320 Shooting in the anyhow fashion which results from such excitement.

1911 A. Bennett Card xi. 260 Nellie's costume erred in not being quite sufficiently negligent, sufficiently ‘anyhow’.

1956 R. Knox Window in Wall p. vii Since his time the touching, homely, rather anyhow little church at the back of the Strand has twice had a change of rectors.

2001 C. Glazebrook Madolescents 32 Her eyes are red and her hair's all anyhow and scraggy, like tumbleweed.

C. n. Weightlifting and Bodybuilding.

An act of lifting as much as possible above the head using any technique, typically performed with a weight in each hand.

ΚΠ

1917 Health & Strength 17 Feb. 84/2 A few records he accomplished on that day were the right-hand bent press, 214 lbs.;..and two hands anyhow, 256 lbs.

1988 Strength Athlete Oct. 40/3 Barry a former top weightlifter..did a two hands ‘anyhow’..with 180 lbs and 76 lbs dumbbells.

2011 A. Collins Compl. Guide Kettlebell Training 132 (heading) Two hand anyhow with two kettlebells.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	anyhow
释义	anyhowadv.adj.n. Brit. /ˈɛnɪhaʊ/, U.S. /ˈɛniˌhaʊ/ Forms: see any adj., pron., n., and adv. and how adv., int., and n.³ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: any adj., how adv. Etymology: < any adj. + how adv. A. adv. 1. In any manner, by any means; to any extent, at all. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [adverb] > by any means or at all anyhow1637 however1673 anyhows1875 1637 P. Heylyn Antidotum Lincolniense ii. vi. 57 Doth the Cardinall imply in this, that Iudas his bagge, may with good reason (any how) be called an Altar? 1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey II. 195 By the time my Voiturin got to the place, it wanted full two hours of compleating before a passage could any how be gain'd. 1811 E. Nares Thinks I to Myself II. 161 They..turned out so sickly and fitty that there was no rearing them anyhow. 1844 Ld. Brougham Brit. Constit. viii. 109 Any law, anyhow made, provided it be made calmly. 1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. App. 747 Whether the two can anyhow be the same. 1896 G. B. Shaw Let. 6 Sept. (1965) I. 650 Reading the thing over and over until I have discovered the bits that can't be made to playact anyhow. 1907 Westm. Gaz. 21 Mar. 9/1 They ran their omnibuses as many hours as they could anyhow be kept on the road. a1908 H. C. Hart MS Coll. Ulster Words in M. Traynor Eng. Dial. Donegal (1953) 221/2 Purchase,..to obtain, procure, get a required thing anyhow. 2011 R. Piazza Soft Matter iii. 75 Each link [in a polymer molecule] can be arranged anyhow, provided that it remains bound to the preceding and following ones. 2. In any way whatsoever, however imperfect; (hence) in a haphazard manner, unmethodically; carelessly, untidily. Cf. any old how at any adj., pron., n., and adv. Phrases 6c(b). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [adverb] > by some means somewayc1450 anyhow1678 onehow1719 somehow1741 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > [adverb] > randomly wildlyc1369 random1619 hab nab1664 randomly1765 anyhow1828 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. v. 676 Writing down the..Letters of the Alphabet, transposedly, any how. 1740 P. Pineda New Dict., Spanish & Eng. (new ed.) (at cited word) Anyhow, de qualquiera manera que sea. 1828 T. Carlyle in Foreign Rev. 2 125 Done anyhow, no profitable one. 1853 E. C. Gaskell Ruth II. iii. 64 Just try..to think of all the odd jobs as to be done well..not just slurred over anyhow. 1868 A. Helps Realmah II. xv. 193 His clothes seem to be huddled on anyhow. 1896 Appletons' Pop. Sci. Monthly Feb. 538 They are apt at first to be thrown in anyhow. 1901 St. Mary's Hosp. Gaz. June 94/1 The order of the programme was abandoned, and the items were taken anyhow. 1954 M. Procter Hell is City i. ii. 23 It [sc. money in notes] came out of my bag all scrumpled up anyhow, just as I'd stuffed it in. 2000 K. Atkinson Emotionally Weird (2001) 224 She has had a correct upbringing, whereas I have been dragged up anyhow. 3. a. As sentence adverb: at any rate; in any case; = anyway adv. 2a. Cf. any old how at any adj., pron., n., and adv. Phrases 6c(a). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > [adverb] > at all events, at any rate alwayc1405 alwaysa1413 of all hands1548 when all is said and done?1570 after all1590 howevera1616 at all rates1667 at any rate1730 whether or no1784 anyhow1799 anyways1828 anyhows1830 anyway1832 any road1855 anywise1859 whatever1870 any old how1900 anyhoo1924 nohow1926 anyroads1929 1799 J. Scott tr. Ināyat Allāh Bahar-Danush I. viii. 124 I thought she might possibly be a ghole.., or a demon, who had taken this shape; but that, anyhow, her person was not free from mischief. 1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan I. 381 I was ready to go abroad, any how, then. 1842 J. H. Newman Church of Fathers (ed. 2) 250 Any how, it must be acknowledged to be not a simple self-originated error. 1892 Scribner's Mag. Nov. 632/2 Well, praise be, she hasn't a baby, anyhow! 1912 H. Belloc This & That 144 I don't suppose he rides, but I can't mount him anyhow. 1914 J. Joyce Dubliners 163 ‘There's one of them, anyhow,’ said Mr Henchy, ‘that didn't renege him.’ 1966 Word Study Dec. 3/2 There's no real point in worrying anyhow. It just messes you up. 2009 Ireland's Eye Jan. 25/3 I haven't had time for marriage. Men are a nuisance anyhow. 2011 Independent 8 Mar. (Viewspaper section) 4/4 And why would I want to serve myself anyhow? b. Used for emphasis at the end of a question; ‘may I ask?’, ‘would you say?’; = anyway adv. 2b.Sometimes used to indicate firmer intent to direct the conversation, or to register scepticism, exasperation, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > [adverb] > indicating a question whatOE howc1000 how aboutc1000 indeeda1616 really1753 anyhow1846 how's about?1952 1846 J. J. Hooper Some Adventures Simon Suggs ii. 20 What do boys have daddies for, any how? 1895 Cent. Mag. Sept. 690/2 What's the matter with me, anyhow? 1910 C. E. Mulford Hopalong Cassidy xi. 74 What's eating him, anyhow? 1940 Railroad Mag. Apr. 29/1 What the hell was you thinkin' about, anyhow? 2001 S. King Dreamcatcher vi. 195 What kind of chickenshit quits off the football team cause of a broken nose, anyhow? c. In spite of some instruction, action, or circumstance; nevertheless; regardless. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > [adverb] > however, nevertheless, notwithstanding though-whetherc897 nathelesseOE though971 whetherOE yetOE neverlOE what for-thyc1175 nethelessa1200 never the latterc1225 algatec1230 in spite of (despite, maugre, etc.) one's teethc1230 nought for thatc1275 (all) for noughtc1325 (in) spite of one's nosec1325 alway1340 thoughless1340 ne'er the later (also latter)a1382 ne'er the lessa1382 neverlatera1382 neverthelessa1382 ne for-thia1400 neverlessa1400 not-againstandinga1400 nauthelessc1400 nouthelessc1400 algatesc1405 noughtwithstanding1422 netherless?a1425 notwithstanding1425 nethertheless1440 not gainstandingc1440 not the lessa1450 alwaysa1470 howbeit1470 never þe quedera1475 nought the lessc1480 what reck?a1513 nonetheless1533 howsomever1562 after all1590 in spite of spite1592 meantime1594 notwithstand1596 withal1596 in the meanwhile1597 meanwhile1597 howsoever1601 in (one's) spite?1615 however1623 in the meantime1631 non obstante1641 at the same time1679 with a non-obstante to1679 stilla1699 the same1782 all the same1803 quand même1825 still and all1829 anyhow1867 anyway1876 still and ona1894 all the samey1897 just the same1901 but1939 1867 G. MacDonald Ann. Quiet Neighbourhood I. xi. 367 They went, anyhow, whether they had to do it or not. 1969 M. Piercy Going Down Fast 53 Fern can't see my stuff for shit but she tries, anyhow. 1991 A. Martin Walking on Water (1992) xxvi. 99 The Lord said, ‘Don't finish that roundhouse.’ But I finished it anyhow. 2006 Time Out N.Y. 21 Sept. 153/3 At the performance I attended, half of the audience stood up at the end anyhow, applauding its own upstandingness. d. Used to end a conversation, change topic, or return to a previous topic after a digression or interruption; = anyway adv. 2d. ΚΠ 1911 F. L. Packard On Iron at Big Cloud viii. 90 There's no rubbing in being done except in your eye! Anyhow, that's enough talk. 1939 Listener 16 Nov. 956/2 Anyhow, to cut a long story short, they did shove him in the car. 1990 G. Kreutz Bottoms Up! 101 Anyhow, enough about me. What are you doing coming out of my wife's bathroom?! 2002 Spectator (Nexis) 26 Jan. 68 Anyhow, to return to the issue of the leak. B. adj. Haphazard, untidy, disorganized. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > untidiness > [adjective] untidya1375 unred1528 sluttish?1529 untrimmed?1529 untrick1570 untrim1570 shevelled1613 hirsute1621 incompta1628 messy1627 unneat1648 tawdry1672 slattern1680 bunting1759 untrig1821 sloggering1825 slummocking1825 scrambling1826 poucey1829 anyhow1831 mullocky1839 ragtail1846 mussy1859 slubbery1880 unshipshape1883 mussed1888 slummocky1898 ruggy1929 idle1956 1831 M. Edgeworth Let. 16 Mar. (1971) 488 Macauley..does not look the orator well..yellow hair all any-how except the right way. 1891 Jrnl. U.S. Cavalry Assoc. 4 320 Shooting in the anyhow fashion which results from such excitement. 1911 A. Bennett Card xi. 260 Nellie's costume erred in not being quite sufficiently negligent, sufficiently ‘anyhow’. 1956 R. Knox Window in Wall p. vii Since his time the touching, homely, rather anyhow little church at the back of the Strand has twice had a change of rectors. 2001 C. Glazebrook Madolescents 32 Her eyes are red and her hair's all anyhow and scraggy, like tumbleweed. C. n. Weightlifting and Bodybuilding. An act of lifting as much as possible above the head using any technique, typically performed with a weight in each hand. ΚΠ 1917 Health & Strength 17 Feb. 84/2 A few records he accomplished on that day were the right-hand bent press, 214 lbs.;..and two hands anyhow, 256 lbs. 1988 Strength Athlete Oct. 40/3 Barry a former top weightlifter..did a two hands ‘anyhow’..with 180 lbs and 76 lbs dumbbells. 2011 A. Collins Compl. Guide Kettlebell Training 132 (heading) Two hand anyhow with two kettlebells. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.adj.n.1637
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