Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗adj
Random, careless, offhand, disorderly; done without thought or consideration.
adv
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryIn any way or manner whatever. · In any case. Used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement. · Without care or tidiness; recklessly, negligently or randomly. · Thoughtlessly, randomly, without careful consideration.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Indo-European *h₁oy-no-kós Proto-Germanic *ainagaz Proto-West Germanic *ainag Old English ǣniġ Middle English ani English any Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷís Proto-Germanic *hwō Old English hū Middle English how English how English anyhow From any + how.
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