at any rate


Meanings

  • used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement;
    • "but at any rate he got a knighthood for it"
  • if nothing else (`leastwise' is informal and `leastways' is colloquial);
    • "they felt--at any rate Jim felt--relieved though still wary"
    • "the influence of economists--or at any rate of economics--is far-reaching"