Definitions
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adverb
In any way or manner whatever.
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adverb
In any case. Used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement.
Examples
- Anyhow, he is dead now.
- I think they’re asleep; anyhow, they’re quiet.
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adverb
Without care or tidiness; recklessly, negligently or randomly.
Example
- 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.
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adverb
Thoughtlessly, randomly, without careful consideration.
Examples
- 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!
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adjective
Random, careless, offhand, disorderly; done without thought or consideration.
Examples
- Rabak, to refer to something messed up: Eh bro, your hairdresser anyhow sia, your hair damn rabak.
- Even the newspaper recommendation oso anyhow one.