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Definitions

at any rate

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

Example Sentences

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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

The real Ballard claims the pendant was engraved with a line from 1 Timothy 6:11; at any rate, it explains why Mel Gibson's Jesus heads on a crusade to and through Columbia to find her.

From Salon • Jul. 22, 2023

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

The lion apparently did not think its prey worth a wetting; at any rate it made no attempt to take the water in pursuit.

From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.