Synonym: anyhow, anyway, at least, in any case, in any event, leastways, leastwise. Similar words: at any time, at any cost, rate, operate, generate, strategy, desperate, accurate. Meaning: adv. 1. used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement 2. if nothing else (`leastwise' is informal and `leastways' is colloquial).
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31. The conventional way of looking at adolescence does, at any rate, emphasise some such division.
32. At any rate, the protests could drag out the proceedings.
33. At any rate, Mom decides her greatest desire is for the genie to open and close the garage door for her.
34. At any rate, the most prominent critic was Nick Seitz, the editorial director of Golf Digest and its sister publications.
35. They are not accessible - not entirely, at any rate - to public inspection.
36. But at any rate I can finally dust my hands and put my jacket on with a clear conscience.
37. At any rate[Sentence dictionary], it's apparently vital that I see this chap.
38. At any rate, treat all results with the greatest of caution, and don't make too much of them.
39. At any rate, we ploughed on and in due course reached the designated spot.
40. He carried notes about with him in his wallet, on one occasion, at any rate about a hundred pounds.
41. At any rate, he now had a little breathing space.
42. Just before the whistle blew Vernon thought she had seen him; at any rate she was looking in his direction.
43. At any rate, Mary Leapor's friendship with Bridget Freemantle marks a turning point in her life.
44. They were fairly certain he was immune; certain enough to consider it worth the risk, at any rate.
45. The fresh cheese with cream was all we, or at any rate I, wanted.
46. At any rate[sentencedict.com], Ramsay reached the Town ford relieved to find no one there.
47. At any rate the pontiffs of that region, Etruria, were not exerting strong pressure.
48. At any rate, the boat was scuttled, and there were stains on it that they thought were bloodstains.
49. At any rate Joan and I were having no problems on that score.
50. At any rate, maybe the fountains of vapor are still another attribute of the profound dignity and mystery of the whale.
51. But at any rate they are an able boat crew and the other seamen of the Pequod accept them.
52. At any rate Shiva's face was not among the several brown faces.
53. At any rate, the Horton demonization haunted Atwater enough to become a central part of his deathbed apologies.
54. Some things are hard to write about. After something happens to you, you go to write it down, and either you over dramatize it, or underplay it, exaggerate the wrong parts or ignore the important ones. At any rate, you never write it quite the way you want to. Sylvia Plath 
55. Pleasure, a rarity at any rate, only serves to weaken one; what one really needs is stamina and discipline.
56. Their song, or their dirge, remained unsung, or at any rate unheard.
57. Then my family; or at any rate the beam of a torch moving about in the kitchen.
58. Reminder bells went off, at any rate, and I wondered what the story was.
59. At any rate, the party's share of the vote continued its slide, giving Labour a large parliamentary majority.
60. At any rate, everybody would think she had condoned his writing it and that should raise a fine storm for her.
More similar words: at any time, at any cost, rate, operate, generate, strategy, desperate, accurate, tolerate, cooperate, decorate, moderate, corporate, frustrate, strategic, integrate, elaborate, accurately, desperately, integrated, incorporate, accelerate, illustrate, inveterate, concentrate, demonstrate, deliberately, cooperate with, carbohydrate, at all.