If nothing else (`leastwise'' is informal and `leastways'' is colloquial); "at least he survived"; "they felt--at any rate Jim felt--relieved though still wary"; "the influence of economists--or at any rate of economics--is far-reaching"
Adverb
used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement; "Anyhow, he is dead now"; "I think they''re asleep; anyhow, they''re quiet"; "I don''t know what happened to it; anyway, it''s gone"; "anyway, there is another factor to consider
Adverb
if nothing else (`leastwise'' is informal and `leastways'' is colloquial); "at least he survived"; "they felt--at any rate Jim felt--relieved though still wary"; "the influence of economists--or at any rate of economics--is far-reaching"
Usage Examples
What we have to do, what at any rate it is our duty to do, is to revive the old art of Lying.
Those who have never had a father can at any rate never know the sweets of losing one. To most men the death of his father is a new lease of life.
Misspelled Format_any_rate, qat_any_rate, wat_any_rate, sat_any_rate, zat_any_rate, qt_any_rate, wt_any_rate, st_any_rate, zt_any_rate, aqt_any_rate, awt_any_rate, ast_any_rate, azt_any_rate, art_any_rate, a5t_any_rate, a6t_any_rate, ayt_any_rate, agt_any_rate, ar_any_rate, a5_any_rate, a6_any_rate, ay_any_rate, ag_any_rate, atr_any_rate, at5_any_rate, at6_any_rate, aty_any_rate, atg_any_rate, at_any_rate, atany_rate, at_any_rate, at_qany_rate, at_wany_rate, at_sany_rate, at_zany_rate, at_qny_rate, at_wny_rate, at_sny_rate, at_zny_rate, at_aqny_rate, at_awny_rate, at_asny_rate, at_azny_rate, at_abny_rate, at_ahny_rate, at_ajny_rate, at_amny_rate, at_a ny_rate, at_aby_rate, at_ahy_rate, at_ajy_rate, at_amy_rate, at_a y_rate, at_anby_rate, at_anhy_rate, at_anjy_rate, at_anmy_rate, at_an y_rate, at_anty_rate, at_an6y_rate, at_an7y_rate, at_anuy_rate, at_anhy_rate, at_ant_rate, at_an6_rate, at_an7_rate, at_anu_rate, at_anh_rate, at_anyt_rate, at_any6_rate, at_any7_rate, at_anyu_rate, at_anyh_rate, at_any_rate, at_anyrate, at_any_rate, at_any_erate, at_any_4rate, at_any_5rate, at_any_trate, at_any_frate, at_any_eate, at_any_4ate, at_any_5ate, at_any_tate, at_any_fate, at_any_reate, at_any_r4ate, at_any_r5ate, at_any_rtate, at_any_rfate, at_any_rqate, at_any_rwate, at_any_rsate, at_any_rzate, at_any_rqte, at_any_rwte, at_any_rste, at_any_rzte, at_any_raqte, at_any_rawte, at_any_raste, at_any_razte, at_any_rarte, at_any_ra5te, at_any_ra6te, at_any_rayte, at_any_ragte, at_any_rare, at_any_ra5e, at_any_ra6e, at_any_raye, at_any_rage, at_any_ratre, at_any_rat5e, at_any_rat6e, at_any_ratye, at_any_ratge, at_any_ratwe, at_any_rat3e, at_any_rat4e, at_any_ratre, at_any_ratse, at_any_ratde, at_any_ratw, at_any_rat3, at_any_rat4, at_any_ratr, at_any_rats, at_any_ratd, at_any_ratew, at_any_rate3, at_any_rate4, at_any_rater, at_any_rates, at_any_rated.
Other Usage ExamplesWhatever universe a professor believes in must at any rate be a universe that lends itself to lengthy discourse. A universe definable in two sentences is something for which the professorial intellect has no use. No faith in anything of that cheap kind!
Men do not understand books until they have a certain amount of life, or at any rate no man understands a deep book, until he has seen and lived at least part of its contents.
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