How to sign: used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement; anyhow, they're quiet"; anyway, it's gone"
"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;
Similiar / Same: anyhow, anyway, in any case, in any event
How to sign: 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";