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IN ANY CASE

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 I. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement

Example:

but at any rate he got a knighthood for it

Synonyms:

anyhow; anyway; anyways; at any rate; in any case; in any event

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Adverbs

Sense 2

Meaning:

Making an additional point; anyway

Example:

she couldn't shelter behind him all the time and in any case he wasn't always with her

Synonyms:

besides; in any case

Classified under:

Adverbs

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 Context examples: 

You'll be there in any case, so you'll just give us a pretty full report.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

But, in any case a forced marriage is no marriage, but it is a very serious felony, as you will discover before you have finished.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Colonel Ross did not impress me as a man who would be likely to show much mercy in any case.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I have to go up to town in any case, for there is a poor devil of an East India Company’s officer who has written to me in his distress.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

By some juggling of the clocks it is quite possible that they may have got Scott Eccles to bed earlier than he thought, but in any case it is likely that when Garcia went out of his way to tell him that it was one it was really not more than twelve.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It is possible that our inquiry may but confirm his guilt; but, in any case, we have a line of investigation which has been missed by the police, and which a singular chance has placed in our hands.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

In any case, think first of papa and me!

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Now, Madam Mina, you are in any case quite safe here until the sunset; and before then we shall return—if— We shall return!

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

The interests of his deplorable profession are immaterial to us; but, as he observes, we cannot get down in any case, so it is a waste of energy to discuss it.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

In any case, if I could prove from Peter Carey’s evidence how these securities came on the market it would be a proof that my father had not sold them, and that he had no view to personal profit when he took them.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)