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anyway ‎(not comparable)

(obsolete) In any way. [16th-19th c.]
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.2.5:
  He that sleeps in the day-time, or is in suspense, fear, anyway troubled in mind, or goes to bed upon a full stomach, may never hope for quiet rest in the night […].
(conjunctive) Regardless; anyhow. [from 19th c.]
He didn't enjoy washing his car, but it was so dirty that he did it anyway.
(speech act) Used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement. See anyhow. [from 19th c.]
I don't think that's true. I haven't found any evidence, anyway.
- 1962, Bob Dylan, Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
  But I wish there were somethin' you would do or say / To try and make me change my mind and stay / We never did too much talkin' anyway / Don't think twice, it's all right.
(speech act) Used to indicate a change of subject.
- 2005, Jan Karon, These high, green hills:
  "I'll be ninety my next birthday, but Louella doesn't tell her age. Anyway, we 're going to have you and Cynthia up for supper."

in any way

Chinese:

Cantonese: 點都要 ‎(dim² dou¹ jiu³), 係都要 ‎(hai⁶ dou¹ jiu³)

Mandarin: 無論如何 (zh) ‎(wúlùnrúhé), 无论如何 (zh) ‎(wúlùnrúhé)
Dutch: hoe dan ook
Finnish: joka tapauksessa (fi)
French: quoi qu'il en soit (fr)
German: wie auch immer
Hebrew: בכל מקרה ‎(bekhól mikré), בכל זאת ‎(bekhól zót)

regardless

Chinese:

Cantonese: 都 ‎(dou¹), 照 ‎(ziu³)

Mandarin: 照樣 (zh) ‎(zhàoyàng), 照样 (zh) ‎(zhàoyàng)
Dutch: toch (nl), desondanks (nl), trots dat (archaic)
Finnish: kuitenkin (fi), siitä huolimatta
French: quand même (fr), de toute façon (fr)
German: trotzdem (de), ohnehin (de)
Greek: ούτως ή άλλως ‎(oútos í állos), όπως και να έχει ‎(ópos kai na échei), εν πάση περιπτώσει (el) ‎(en pási periptósei), έτσι κι αλλιώς ‎(étsi ki alliós)
Hebrew: בכל מקרה ‎(bekhól mikré), בכל זאת ‎(bekhól zót)
Italian: senza riguardo, comunque (it)

Persian: در هر حال ‎(dar har hâl)
Portuguese: mesmo assim, de qualquer forma, de qualquer maneira, de todo modo
Russian: несмотря́ (ru) ‎(nesmotrjá) (на что-либо), всё равно́ (ru) ‎(vsjó ravnó)
Scottish Gaelic: co-dhiù, co-dhiù no co-dheth
Spanish: aún así, a pesar de todo, igualmente (es), de todos modos
Swedish: ändå (sv), i alla fall (sv)
Vietnamese: bất chấp (vi)

used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement

Arabic: عَلَى أَيُّ حَالٍ ‎(ʿalā ʾayyu ḥālin)
Catalan: de qualsevol manera, en fi
Chinese:

Cantonese: 橫𠶧 ‎(waang⁴ dim⁶)

Mandarin: 反正 (zh) ‎(fǎnzheng), 無論如何 (zh) ‎(wúlùnrúhésc=Hani), 无论如何 (zh) ‎(wúlùnrúhé)
Czech: v každém případě
Dutch: in elk geval, in ieder geval, hoe dan ook
Finnish: ainakaan (fi)
French: en tout cas (fr), de toute façon (fr), d'ailleurs (fr)
German: auf jeden Fall (de), irgendwie (de), jedenfalls (de), trotzdem (de)
Greek: εν πάση περιπτώσει (el) ‎(en pási periptósei), τέλος πάντων (el) ‎(télos pánton)
Hebrew: בכל מקרה ‎(bekhól mikré), בכל זאת ‎(bekhól zót)

Irish: ar aon chaoi
Italian: in ogni caso
Japanese: とにかく (ja) ‎(tonikaku), どうせ (ja) ‎(dōse), 何しろ ‎(nanishiro), いずれにしても ‎(izure ni shite mo)
Korean: 아무튼 (ko) ‎(amuteun)
Norwegian: uansett (no)
Portuguese: mesmo (pt)
Russian: в любо́м слу́чае (ru) ‎(v ljubóm slúčaje), так и́ли и́на́че (ru) ‎(tak íli ínáče), во вся́ком слу́чае (ru) ‎(vo vsjákom slúčaje)
Scottish Gaelic: co-dhiù, co-dhiù no co-dheth
Spanish: de cualquier manera, de todos modos
Swedish: i alla fall (sv), ändå (sv), hur som helst (sv)

used to indicate change of subject