at any rate

Adverb

• 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
    

• used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement; anyhow, they're quiet"; anyway, it's gone"; in any case, there was a brief scuffle"
  • Anyhow, he is dead now
    
  • I think they're asleep
    
  • I don't know what happened to it
    
  • anyway, there is another factor to consider
    
  • I don't know how it started
    
  • in any event, the government faced a serious protest
    
  • but at any rate he got a knighthood for it
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  at least , leastways , leastwise , anyhow , anyway , anyways , in any case , in any event