Meaning of at any rate in English

Adverb
at any rate
Definitions
1. used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement
Examples
- « Anyhow, he is dead now »
- « I think they're asleep »
- « anyhow, they're quiet »
- « I don't know what happened to it »
- « anyway, it's gone »
- « anyway, there is another factor to consider »
2. if nothing else (`leastwise' is informal and `leastways' is colloquial)
Examples
- « 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 »

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