Definitions

at any rate

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All (4) Adverb (3) Preposition (1)

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all the same adv.
anyhow adv.
anyway adv.
notwithstanding prep.

ADVERB

all the same

Synonyms

WEAK

anyway be that as it may however in any case just the same nevertheless nonetheless notwithstanding

ADVERB

anyhow

Synonyms

STRONGEST

anyway

WEAK

about any which way around at random haphazard haphazardly helter-skelter however in any case in any respect in any way in either way in one way or another in whatever way nevertheless random randomly regardless under any circumstances whatever happens willy-nilly

ADVERB

anyway

Synonyms

STRONGEST

anyhow ever once

WEAK

at all however in any case in any event in any manner nevertheless

PREPOSITION

notwithstanding

Synonyms

STRONG

nevertheless nonetheless withal

WEAK

after all against but despite for all that howbeit in any case in any event in spite of on the other hand regardless of though to the contrary

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at any rate

Outwardly, at any rate, his confidence in his own ability seems untouched.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2025

That’s a defensible aesthetic, or at any rate it has been defended.

From New York Times ● Jun. 18, 2024

These are, to be sure, especially good-looking or at any rate interesting-looking humans — camera-tested, made up and coiffed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2023

I’m no longer completely convinced by the ½ camp, at any rate.

From Scientific American ● May 4, 2023

I am trying not to tell stories, or at any rate not this one.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood

at any rate

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