In any case Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adverb used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement; anyhow, they're quiet"; anyway, it's gone"; in any case, there was a brief scuffle"
    anyway; at any rate; in any event; anyways; anyhow.
    • Anyhow, he is dead now
    • I think they're asleep
    • I don't know what happened to it
    • anyway, there is another factor to consider
    • I don't know how it started
    • in any event, the government faced a serious protest
    • but at any rate he got a knighthood for it
  2. adverb making an additional point; anyway; besides, we can't afford it"
    besides.
    • I don't want to go to a restaurant
    • she couldn't shelter behind him all the time and in any case he wasn't always with her

WordNet


Definitions
  1. whatever may be the state of affairs; anyhow.

Webster 1913