in any case

adv 1: 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"; "I don't know

how it started; in any case, there was a brief

scuffle"; "in any event, the government faced a

serious protest"; "but at any rate he got a knighthood

for it" [syn: {anyhow}, {anyway}, {at any rate}, {in

any event}]

2: making an additional point; anyway; "I don't want to go to a

restaurant; besides, we can't afford it"; "she couldn't

shelter behind him all the time and in any case he wasn't

always with her" [syn: {besides}]