anywayadv.

Brit.

/ˈɛnɪweɪ/, U.S.

/ˈɛniˌweɪ/

Forms: see any adj., pron., n., and adv. and way n.¹; also Scottish 1900s– oanyweh (Dundee), 1900s– oniwey.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: any adj., way n.¹

Etymology: < any adj. + way n.¹; compare -way comb. form. Compare in any way at way n.¹ 17a(b). Compare earlier anyways adv. and alway adv. Compare also someway adv. and no way adv.

a. In any manner or respect; by any means; (also) to any extent, at all. Cf. way n.¹ 17a(b), 21.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [adverb] > in any way or respect

anythingeOE

aughteOE

anywisea1225

anywaysc1225

anywaya1400

aughtways1878

the world > relative properties > quantity > degree or relative amount of a quality, action, etc. > [adverb] > in any degree or at all

anythingeOE

aughteOE

oughtsOE

anywisea1225

anyc1300

anywaya1400

at all1476

ever1548

anywhat1576

anyways1673

earthly1833

aughtways1878

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 6141 (MED) Dos now forth..For duell yee langer ani wei [Gött. ani quile], All we dred vs for to dei.

c1480 (a1400) St. John Baptist l. 816 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 246 Gif þe dekine eschapit ony way fra hyne.

1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Qii^v/1 Any way, quauis, vllomodo... Least any way, nequa.

1593 T. Bilson Perpetual Govt. Christes Church To Reader 3 Appease and ende all strifes, that anie waie touch the state.

1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. to Rdr. sig. A3^v Any thing proiected, that sauoured any way of newnesse.

1642 D. Rogers Naaman To Rdr. sig. C That I may set my base heart on work any way to prevent sloth.

1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 529. ¶1 All those who are any way concerned in Works of Literature.

1830 Whole Art of Dress v. 42 If a general view of a man's character is any way to be guessed at by any portion of his dress, it certainly must be this [sc. the hat].

1899 Cent. Mag. Aug. 623/1 I niver heerd no man accuse you of bein' anyway rambunkshus about yer nabor's house.

1920 H. Begbie Life W. Booth I. xi. 138 The look-out now was gloomy enough, not that I was anyway anxious about it.

2008 C. Kassimeris European Football in Black & White iii. 21 Mussolini was considered a fan of Lazio, [but] it is not certain whether the political orientation of Lazio's fans today is anyway related.

b. Usually written as two words. In any manner whatsoever, however imperfect. Cf. anyhow adv. 2.See also any which way at any adj., pron., n., and adv. Phrases 4.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > [adverb] > in whatever way

how so?c1275

howsomevera1300

howeverc1380

howa1400

howsoeverc1450

anyway1642

1642 D. Rogers Matrimoniall Honovr iv. 86 Some will say, Its well that it comes any way. I answer: Halfe a loafe is better then no bread.

1656 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. II. v. 64 Not he that speaketh any way speaketh rightly.

1743 Sel. Trans. Soc. Improvers Knowl. Agric. Scotl. 25 If People could once be brought to do it any way, perhaps they may the rather be afterwards persuaded to do it the best.

1835 Lady's Mag. Feb. 104/1 ‘I will not speak in a manner that you ought not to wish me to do...’ ‘Well, manage it any way—but let me have my gun.’

1919 R. A. Maher Hills of Desire viii. 181 They were only too glad to have him say it any way at all, and be rid of him.

2010 P. B. Berry Essent. Pract. Guide Family Living ii. 27 My husband was upset that the boys had been placing items in the attic just any way.

c. Introducing a subordinate clause (esp. immediately preceding a personal pronoun): in whatever manner; by whatever means; however.

ΚΠ

1861 J. A. Clement Expos. Pretensions of Baptists to Antiq. i. v. 182 So it is a bad case any way you look at it.

1896 ‘M. Twain’ Tom Sawyer, Detective ix. 74 Any way you druther have it, that is the way I druther have it.

1950 Z. N. Hurston Let. 14 Feb. in Life in Lett. (2002) 626 Anyway you fix it will be all right with me.

1990 D. Shekerjian Uncommon Genius i. iv. 11 Any way you put it, it's a shapeless..idea.

2003 National Geographic Feb. 11/2 They were bastards anyway you looked at them.

2. Now the usual sense.

a. As sentence adverb: at any rate, in any case.

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

1832 Richard of York III. vi. 125 Sure it wus for a priest they meant me, an' anyway I'd ha' made as good a one as this same Father Lawrence.

1876 W. Black Madcap Violet xiv. 124 That is how I look at it, anyway.

1903 J. London Call of Wild (1915) iv. 109 They held it a mercy, since Dave was to die anyway, that he should die in the traces, heart-easy and content.

1959 P. Larkin in Spectator 18 Dec. 912/2 It is well worth half a crown, anyway, to find out if this period awakens a response in you.

1985 A. Price Here be Monsters vii. 140 It was the Age of Innocence, love. Or relative innocence, anyway—when I was young.

2011 Atlantic Monthly Mar. 38/2 His music is beautiful. Some of it, anyway.

b. Used for emphasis at the end of a question; ‘may I ask?’, ‘would you say?’ Also sometimes used to indicate firmer intent to direct the conversation, or to register scepticism, exasperation, etc.: ‘anyhow’, ‘more to the point’.

ΚΠ

1844 Emancipator & Weekly Chron. (Boston) 16 Oct. 99/1 Where are you bound, anyway?.. Come, tell us now; there's a good fellow.

1899 J. London To Man on Trail in Overland Monthly Jan. 36/1 ‘Whiskey and alcohol's bad enough; but when it comes to brandy and pepper-sauce and—.’ ‘Dump it in. Who's making this punch, anyway?’

1931 E. Linklater Juan in Amer. iv. i. 272 Another of these belly-aching German war books. Who started the War, anyway?

1974 B. Friel Freedom of City i. 57 Lily : What time is it anyway? Michael : Coming on to five.

2006 Sydney Morning Herald 14 Jan. (Spectrum section) 17/1 What is literary fiction anyway? Usually it is posed as an opposite for ‘commercial’, and so..literary fiction is what doesn't sell.

c. In spite of some fact, circumstance, event, etc.; 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

1876 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Tom Sawyer xxvii. 210 ‘I'd feel mighty shaky if I was to see him...’ ‘Well, so'd I; but I'd like to see him, anyway.’

1922 Railway Jrnl. Mar. 15/2 The signal is against me, but I can make it, anyway.

1987 A. Maupin Significant Others xxx. 202 The water..was warmer than he expected, but his skin pebbled anyway.

2013 Herald-Times (Bloomington, Indiana) 21 Jan. a4/6 Many employees entitled to sick time go to work ill anyway.

d. Used to end a conversation, change topic, or return to a topic after an interruption.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > conversation > [phrase] > specific conversational fillers

I mean1892

anyway1947

1947 L. Z. Hobson Gentleman's Agreement ii. 22 Anyway, that's enough about me. I feel as if you'd interviewed me.

1962 S. Wynter Hills of Hebron xiv. 179 Anyway, to cut a long story short, when we got there, Moses questioned the girl.

1990 S. Jamba Patriots (1992) xiii. 105 You see, I am an intellectual, but of a different kind. Anyway, we'll get into that later.

2015 Evening Chron. (Nexis) 17 Mar. 13 Anyway, to return to my fasting. Giving up chocolate has proved to be a bit of a strange journey.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	anyway
释义	anywayadv. Brit. /ˈɛnɪweɪ/, U.S. /ˈɛniˌweɪ/ Forms: see any adj., pron., n., and adv. and way n.¹; also Scottish 1900s– oanyweh (Dundee), 1900s– oniwey. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: any adj., way n.¹ Etymology: < any adj. + way n.¹; compare -way comb. form. Compare in any way at way n.¹ 17a(b). Compare earlier anyways adv. and alway adv. Compare also someway adv. and no way adv. 1. a. In any manner or respect; by any means; (also) to any extent, at all. Cf. way n.¹ 17a(b), 21. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [adverb] > in any way or respect anythingeOE aughteOE anywisea1225 anywaysc1225 anywaya1400 aughtways1878 the world > relative properties > quantity > degree or relative amount of a quality, action, etc. > [adverb] > in any degree or at all anythingeOE aughteOE oughtsOE anywisea1225 anyc1300 anywaya1400 at all1476 ever1548 anywhat1576 anyways1673 earthly1833 aughtways1878 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 6141 (MED) Dos now forth..For duell yee langer ani wei [Gött. ani quile], All we dred vs for to dei. c1480 (a1400) St. John Baptist l. 816 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 246 Gif þe dekine eschapit ony way fra hyne. 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Qii^v/1 Any way, quauis, vllomodo... Least any way, nequa. 1593 T. Bilson Perpetual Govt. Christes Church To Reader 3 Appease and ende all strifes, that anie waie touch the state. 1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. to Rdr. sig. A3^v Any thing proiected, that sauoured any way of newnesse. 1642 D. Rogers Naaman To Rdr. sig. C That I may set my base heart on work any way to prevent sloth. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 529. ¶1 All those who are any way concerned in Works of Literature. 1830 Whole Art of Dress v. 42 If a general view of a man's character is any way to be guessed at by any portion of his dress, it certainly must be this [sc. the hat]. 1899 Cent. Mag. Aug. 623/1 I niver heerd no man accuse you of bein' anyway rambunkshus about yer nabor's house. 1920 H. Begbie Life W. Booth I. xi. 138 The look-out now was gloomy enough, not that I was anyway anxious about it. 2008 C. Kassimeris European Football in Black & White iii. 21 Mussolini was considered a fan of Lazio, [but] it is not certain whether the political orientation of Lazio's fans today is anyway related. b. Usually written as two words. In any manner whatsoever, however imperfect. Cf. anyhow adv. 2.See also any which way at any adj., pron., n., and adv. Phrases 4. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > [adverb] > in whatever way how so?c1275 howsomevera1300 howeverc1380 howa1400 howsoeverc1450 anyway1642 1642 D. Rogers Matrimoniall Honovr iv. 86 Some will say, Its well that it comes any way. I answer: Halfe a loafe is better then no bread. 1656 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. II. v. 64 Not he that speaketh any way speaketh rightly. 1743 Sel. Trans. Soc. Improvers Knowl. Agric. Scotl. 25 If People could once be brought to do it any way, perhaps they may the rather be afterwards persuaded to do it the best. 1835 Lady's Mag. Feb. 104/1 ‘I will not speak in a manner that you ought not to wish me to do...’ ‘Well, manage it any way—but let me have my gun.’ 1919 R. A. Maher Hills of Desire viii. 181 They were only too glad to have him say it any way at all, and be rid of him. 2010 P. B. Berry Essent. Pract. Guide Family Living ii. 27 My husband was upset that the boys had been placing items in the attic just any way. c. Introducing a subordinate clause (esp. immediately preceding a personal pronoun): in whatever manner; by whatever means; however. ΚΠ 1861 J. A. Clement Expos. Pretensions of Baptists to Antiq. i. v. 182 So it is a bad case any way you look at it. 1896 ‘M. Twain’ Tom Sawyer, Detective ix. 74 Any way you druther have it, that is the way I druther have it. 1950 Z. N. Hurston Let. 14 Feb. in Life in Lett. (2002) 626 Anyway you fix it will be all right with me. 1990 D. Shekerjian Uncommon Genius i. iv. 11 Any way you put it, it's a shapeless..idea. 2003 National Geographic Feb. 11/2 They were bastards anyway you looked at them. 2. Now the usual sense. a. As sentence adverb: at any rate, in any case. 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 1832 Richard of York III. vi. 125 Sure it wus for a priest they meant me, an' anyway I'd ha' made as good a one as this same Father Lawrence. 1876 W. Black Madcap Violet xiv. 124 That is how I look at it, anyway. 1903 J. London Call of Wild (1915) iv. 109 They held it a mercy, since Dave was to die anyway, that he should die in the traces, heart-easy and content. 1959 P. Larkin in Spectator 18 Dec. 912/2 It is well worth half a crown, anyway, to find out if this period awakens a response in you. 1985 A. Price Here be Monsters vii. 140 It was the Age of Innocence, love. Or relative innocence, anyway—when I was young. 2011 Atlantic Monthly Mar. 38/2 His music is beautiful. Some of it, anyway. b. Used for emphasis at the end of a question; ‘may I ask?’, ‘would you say?’ Also sometimes used to indicate firmer intent to direct the conversation, or to register scepticism, exasperation, etc.: ‘anyhow’, ‘more to the point’. ΚΠ 1844 Emancipator & Weekly Chron. (Boston) 16 Oct. 99/1 Where are you bound, anyway?.. Come, tell us now; there's a good fellow. 1899 J. London To Man on Trail in Overland Monthly Jan. 36/1 ‘Whiskey and alcohol's bad enough; but when it comes to brandy and pepper-sauce and—.’ ‘Dump it in. Who's making this punch, anyway?’ 1931 E. Linklater Juan in Amer. iv. i. 272 Another of these belly-aching German war books. Who started the War, anyway? 1974 B. Friel Freedom of City i. 57 Lily : What time is it anyway? Michael : Coming on to five. 2006 Sydney Morning Herald 14 Jan. (Spectrum section) 17/1 What is literary fiction anyway? Usually it is posed as an opposite for ‘commercial’, and so..literary fiction is what doesn't sell. c. In spite of some fact, circumstance, event, etc.; 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 1876 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Tom Sawyer xxvii. 210 ‘I'd feel mighty shaky if I was to see him...’ ‘Well, so'd I; but I'd like to see him, anyway.’ 1922 Railway Jrnl. Mar. 15/2 The signal is against me, but I can make it, anyway. 1987 A. Maupin Significant Others xxx. 202 The water..was warmer than he expected, but his skin pebbled anyway. 2013 Herald-Times (Bloomington, Indiana) 21 Jan. a4/6 Many employees entitled to sick time go to work ill anyway. d. Used to end a conversation, change topic, or return to a topic after an interruption. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > conversation > [phrase] > specific conversational fillers I mean1892 anyway1947 1947 L. Z. Hobson Gentleman's Agreement ii. 22 Anyway, that's enough about me. I feel as if you'd interviewed me. 1962 S. Wynter Hills of Hebron xiv. 179 Anyway, to cut a long story short, when we got there, Moses questioned the girl. 1990 S. Jamba Patriots (1992) xiii. 105 You see, I am an intellectual, but of a different kind. Anyway, we'll get into that later. 2015 Evening Chron. (Nexis) 17 Mar. 13 Anyway, to return to my fasting. Giving up chocolate has proved to be a bit of a strange journey. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.a1400
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