What is the meaning of at any rate?

Used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement.
- usage: "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"
- synonyms: anyhow, anyway, anyways, in any case, in any event
If nothing else (`leastwise' is informal and `leastways' is colloquial. )
- usage: "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"
- synonyms: at least, leastways, leastwise

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APA	WordNet. (2010). at any rate. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/at_any_rate/definitions/1250706
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