Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
adverb
- in any way whatever.
- in any case; at all events.
- in a careless manner; haphazardly.
adverb
- in any case; at any rate
- in any manner or by any means whatever
- in a haphazard manner; carelessly
1740, from any + how (adv.). Unlike the cases of most other any + (interrogative) compounds, there is no record of it in Old or Middle English. Emphatic form any old how is recorded from 1900, American English.