adv. and conj. [See ANY 9.]
1. adv. Indefinite compound of how: In any way or manner whatever, or however imperfect.
1740. Pineda, Eng. Span. Dict., s.v., Anyhow, de qualquiera manera que sea.
1828. Carlyle, Misc. (1857), I. 192. Done anyhow, no profitable one.
1844. Ld. Brougham, Brit. Const., xvii. (1862), 258. Any law, anyhow made, provided it be made calmly.
1867. Freeman, Norm. Conq., I. App. 747. Whether the two can anyhow be the same.
2. advb. conj. In any case, however it may be with what has been already said, at least.
1825. J. Neal, Bro. Jonathan, I. 381. I was ready to go abroad, any how, then.
1842. Newman, Ch. Fathers, 250. Any how, it must be acknowledged to be not a simple self-originated error.
1866. G. Macdonald, Ann. Q. Neighb., xi. (1878), 220. They went, anyhow, whether they had to do it or not.
