in any event(r = adv.all)anyhow, anyway, anyways, at any rate, in any case - used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement; "Anyhow, he is dead now"; "anyway, there is another factor to consider"; "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"; "I don't know what happened to it; anyway, it's gone"; "I think they're asleep; anyhow, they're quiet"; "in any event, the government faced a serious protest"