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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
I don't know what happened to it; anyway, it's gone
in any event, the government faced a serious protest
I think they're asleep; anyhow, they're quiet
anyway, there is another factor to consider
Anyhow, he is dead now
but at any rate he got a knighthood for it
I don't know how it started; in any case, there was a brief scuffle
How To Use at any rate In A Sentence
- At any rate, she rolled up the cuffs of her camouflage cargo pants a few times so she didn't trip if today's class required running.
- At any rate, there is a worrying trend developing along the North Mayo coast.
- Count Robert had taken a single, indeed, but a deep draught, was more potent than the delicate and high-flavoured juice of the Gascogne grape, to which he was accustomed; at any rate, it seemed to him that, from the time he felt that he had slept, daylight ought to have been broad in his chamber when he awaked, and yet it was still darkness almost palpable. Count Robert of Paris
- And it is certainly true that he often exaggerates, or at any rate misdescribes, some of the contrasts he discerns between medieval and Lutheran religious sensibility.
- At any rate, the stamps probably did not circulate, except for the Blue Error of which you inquire. THE DUTCH BLUE ERROR
- At any rate, as the years pass, let us on this side of the water be more and more in the one great family, looking to the time when the young Canadian will win the crown of wild olive, that emblem of sweet honour and gray rest, that which is given as a reward and as a guerdon to gallant youth who stands dowered from the night and splendid for the day as the pride and hope of mankind. The Imperial Significance of Games
- At any rate, a certain Auguste Papon (a mixture of pimp and _souteneur_), whom she had met in Paris, happened to be in Munich at the same time as herself. The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert
- England -- are mostly extremely handsome, and generally contrive, however big, to retain, at any rate in their heart, as at Antwerp, or in the Grande Place at Brussels, a striking air of antiquity; whilst some fairly big towns, such as Malines and Bruges, are mediaeval from end to end. Beautiful Europe: Belgium
- At any rate, his skill reminds him of the woman he did not like, and so he 'glowered' as Jo said. Little Women
- At any rate, the stamps probably did not circulate, except for the Blue Error of which you inquire. THE DUTCH BLUE ERROR