at-any-rate

(r) 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
- I don't know what happened to it; anyway, it's gone
- anyway, there is another factor to consider
- I don't know how it started; in any case, there was a brief scuffle
- in any event, the government faced a serious protest
- but at any rate he got a knighthood for it
anyhow, anyway, anyways, in any case, in any event,
(r) if nothing else ("leastwise" is informal and "leastways" is colloquial)
- at least he survived
- they felt--at any rate Jim felt--relieved though still wary
- the influence of economists--or at any rate of economics--is far-reaching
at least, leastways, leastwise,

anyhow anyway anyways in any case in any event at least leastways leastwise