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Whatever be the case.
Regardless (of an aforementioned point).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- Who knows how many more inches of snow will fall tonight, but in any case, we can expect to be doing a lot of shoveling tomorrow.
- Who knows how many more inches of snow will fall tonight, but in any case, let's go to bed.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: whatever the case may be, anyhow, anyway, at any rate, in any event, at all events, regardless
Antonyms: none provided
Whatever be the case.
Any way one slices it (emphasizing that a point is important no matter what).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- In any case, there are never fewer than two guards on duty here.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: whatever the case may be, at any rate, by any measure, in any event, at all events
Antonyms: none provided
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see in, any, case.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Their most popular product, an assortment of ales, is packaged such that there are always at least two bottles of India pale ale in any case.
- It is not clear that this particular legal question has ever been a determining factor in any case to date.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- 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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: anyhow, anyway, anyways, at any rate, in any event
Antonyms: none provided
making an additional point; anyway
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- 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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: besides
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.