be that as it may
formalused to mean that you accept that a piece of information is true but it does not change your opinion of the subject you are discussing:
Building a new children's home will cost a lot of money but, be that as it may, there is an urgent need for the facility.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Linguistics: connecting words which express a contrast
- after
- again
- any way you slice it idiom
- at any rate idiom
- at least idiom
- best
- disjunctive
- given
- however
- least
- might
- never
- nevertheless
- no thanks to sb idiom
- rate
- seeing (that)
- slice
- though
- tooth
- when
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