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anyhow

adverb (WITHOUT CARE)
 
 
/ˈen.i.haʊ/ (informal also any old how)

Definition

without care or interest or in an untidy way: He looked a complete mess - dressed anyhow with his hair sticking up.Not paying attentionTreating as unimportantNeglecting and ignoringDirty and untidy
(Definition of anyhow adverb (WITHOUT CARE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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