RhymeZone: at any rate definitions

Definitions of at any rate:

adverb: used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement
Example: "But at any rate he got a knighthood for it"
adverb: if nothing else (`leastwise' is informal and `leastways' is colloquial)
Example: "They felt--at any rate Jim felt--relieved though still wary"

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