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   anyway

   /ˈɛnɪweɪ/

   adverb

   • 1. used to confirm or support a point or idea just mentioned: "I told you, it's all right, and anyway, it was my fault"
   • ▪ used in questions to emphasize the speaker's wish to obtain the truth: "‘What are you doing here, anyway?’"
   • 2. used to end a conversation, to change the subject, or to resume a subject after interruption: "‘Anyway, Dot, I must dash.’"
   • ▪ used to pass over less significant aspects of an account in order to focus on what is important: "‘Poor John always enjoyed a drink. Anyway, he died last year.’"
   • 3. used to indicate that something happened or will happen in spite of something else: "nobody invited Miss Honey to sit down but she sat down anyway"

   Scrabble Points: 15

   • A

     1

   • N

     1

   • Y

     4

   • W

     4

   • A

     1

   • Y

     4

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