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in any case

ADVERB
all the same
Synonyms
WEAK
anyway at any rate be that as it may however just the same nevertheless nonetheless notwithstanding
ADVERB
anyhow
Synonyms
STRONGEST
anyway
WEAK
about any which way around at any rate at random haphazard haphazardly helter-skelter however 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 at any rate however in any event in any manner nevertheless
ADVERB
ever
Synonyms
STRONGEST
consistently constantly continually forever regularly usually
WEAK
anytime at all at all times at any point by any chance endlessly eternally everlastingly evermore for keeps in perpetuum incessantly invariably on any occasion perpetually relentlessly till cows come home to the end of time unceasingly unendingly
ADVERB
regardless
Synonyms
STRONGEST
anyway nevertheless
WEAK
against although aside from at any cost but come what may despite distinct from for all that in spite of everything leaving aside no matter what nonetheless notwithstanding without considering without regard to
Antonyms
WEAK
irregardless
PREPOSITION
notwithstanding
Synonyms
STRONG
nevertheless nonetheless withal
WEAK
after all against at any rate but despite for all that howbeit in any event in spite of on the other hand regardless of though to the contrary

Example Sentences

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It was an extraordinary punishment, Clarke acknowledged — and the largest penalty imposed in any case in Charlotin’s database.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

He cautions that the recent rainfall could be off-season rains, which may not last, and in any case would take some time before they made any difference.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

Not only is it the moral thing to do, there’s just no way to predict the outcome of a war in any case.

From Salon • Mar. 16, 2026

"Even if the EU abandons its proposed moratorium, it will in any case take several decades before new oil and gas activities in the Arctic begin production," said Karoline Andaur, the head of WWF Norway.

From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026

No one, none of the saints in any case, had ever reproached or rebuked his father, or suggested that his life was anything but spotless.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin

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