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In any case   /ɪn ˈɛni keɪs/   Listen
In any case

adverb
1.
Used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement.  Synonyms: anyhow, anyway, anyways, at any rate, in any event.  "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"
2.
Making an additional point; anyway.  Synonym: besides.  "She couldn't shelter behind him all the time and in any case he wasn't always with her"






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"In any case" Quotes from Famous Books



... estate amounted to about a thousand pounds. Sir Alexander put the affair in our hands; and of course, as he was next-of-kin to his eldest son, what there was came to him. And we then pointed out to him that now that Mr. Michael Carstairs was dead, Mr. Gilbert came next—he would get the title, in any case—and we earnestly pressed Sir Alexander to make a will. And he was always going to, and he never did—and he died intestate, as you know. And at that, of course, Sir Gilbert ...
— Dead Men's Money • J. S. Fletcher

... You shall meet with no disaster Through my means, in any case, - Madam brought me ...
— Ancient Poems, Ballads and Songs of England • Robert Bell

... to be tested; perhaps they are looking for suggestions regarding soil or blight; perhaps they want to know the latest facts about the scale or rust; perhaps they want some advice about farm implements. In any case ...
— The New Education - A Review of Progressive Educational Movements of the Day (1915) • Scott Nearing

... regard war between contiguous continental States, in which the object is the conquest of territory on either of their frontiers, we get no real generic difference between limited and unlimited war. The line between them is in any case too shadowy or unstable to give a classification of any solidity. It is a difference of degree rather than of kind. If, on the other hand, we extend our view to wars between worldwide empires, the distinction at once becomes organic. Possessions which lie oversea ...
— Some Principles of Maritime Strategy • Julian Stafford Corbett

... (b) In any case in which the Register of Copyrights determines that, in accordance with the provisions of this title, the material deposited does not constitute copyrightable subject matter or that the claim is invalid for any other reason, the ...
— Copyright Law of the United States of America and Related Laws Contained in Title 17 of the United States Code, Circular 92 • Library of Congress. Copyright Office.


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