Conjunctive In any case. Used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement.
Anyhow, he is dead now.
I think they’re asleep; anyhow, they’re quiet.
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Without care or tidiness; recklessly, negligently or randomly.
It was a woman’s clothing, beyond a doubt, all thrown in anyhow, — as if the person who had placed it there had been in a desperate hurry.1897, Richard Marsh, The Beetle:
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Singapore, Singlish, Broadly Thoughtlessly, randomly, without careful consideration.
Compare Hokkien 亂／乱 (loān) and 四散 (sì-sòaⁿ).
No lah! Don’t anyhow say! But you also look so different, Vasoo. First time I’ve seen you without your uniform!1994, Michael Chiang, “Private Parts”, in Private Parts & Other Play Things, →ISBN, page 270:
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Don’t anyhow, please. Told you guys he’s just a friend.2024, Jojo Chia, Afternoon Yuan Yang Club, Epigram Books, →ISBN:
anyhow
adj
Etymology From any + how.
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Singapore, Singlish Random, careless, offhand, disorderly; done without thought or consideration.
Rabak, to refer to something messed up: Eh bro, your hairdresser anyhow sia, your hair damn rabak.2022 January 25, Jean Wong, Cassandra Nerva, Jerald Ang, “34 Singlish Phrases to Know Before Visiting Singapore”, in tripzilla.com, archived from the original on 30 Sep 2024:
Even the newspaper recommendation oso anyhow one.2024 December 13, gwbasic, “Is it all the food influencers cannot make it?”, in HardwareZone Forums: