anyway

an|y|way [ `eni,weı ] adverb SPOKEN ***

1. ) despite something else despite something that you have previously mentioned:

Even if the drug is banned, a lot of people will go on using it anyway.

No one expected house prices to fall, but anyway that's exactly what happened.

2. ) when something is not important used when stating a particular fact that shows that something just mentioned is not important:

Sorry about the stain. Never mind, I was going to have it cleaned anyway.

I don't understand politics, and anyway I'm not really interested.

3. ) used for changing the subject used when you are changing the subject of a conversation back to what you were talking about earlier:

Anyway, as I was saying, things really have started to improve.

4. ) used for ending a conversation used for ending a conversation, or for showing that you have come to the end of what you are telling someone:

Anyway, in the end we decided to stay at home.

It was all Kevin's fault. That's what I think anyway.

5. ) when something is not surprising used for saying that something is not surprising:

Of course, there's a lot more crime. Anyway, what do you expect with such high unemployment?

6. ) used for limiting a statement used when adding a statement that limits what you have just said:

It's something I can't tell you not just now, anyway.

He would never blame his wife, not in public, anyway.

7. ) used for asking for the real reason used for asking about the real reason for something:

What did you come here for anyway?

8. ) used when telling a story used for introducing what happened next:

Alan told me to get a doctor. So anyway, I phoned Dr. Bentley.