IN ANY CASE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does in any case mean? 

• IN ANY CASE (adverb)
  The adverb IN ANY CASE has 2 senses:

1. used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement

2. making an additional point; anyway

  Familiarity information: IN ANY CASE used as an adverb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IN ANY CASE (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

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

Context example:

but at any rate he got a knighthood for it

Sense 2

Meaning:

Making an additional point; anyway

Synonyms:

besides; in any case

Context example:

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

 Context examples 

But in any case I suppose you will not let it away for some days?

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

I was troubled by no doubt of her being very pretty, in any case; but it fell out that I had never seen her look so well.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

“I should advise you in any case to go to the ringside,” said Craven.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Gorgiano had his private reasons for vengeance, but in any case we knew how ruthless, cunning, and untiring he could be.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

There is one obvious point which would, in any case, have turned my suspicions against Lucas.

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

But they would have had him in any case.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I have already explained to you, however, that my career had in any case reached its crisis, and that no possible conclusion to it could be more congenial to me than this.

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

But in any case it does not seem to be a nice household for a young lady.

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

I don't think I had stopped in my surprise; but, in any case, as I went on, he rose, turned, and came down towards me.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

If you will let me have his lordship's address I will consult the House on the subject, and will, in any case, communicate with his lordship by to-night's post.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)