Definition of In any event

1. Adverb. Used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement. "But at any rate he got a knighthood for it"

Exact synonyms: Anyhow, Anyway, Anyways, At Any Rate, In Any Case

Definition of In any event

1. Adverb. at any rate, anyhow ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of In Any Event

in all honesty
in all its branches
in all likelihood
in all my born days
in all one's glory
in all probability
in altissimo
in an arch manner
in an editorial
in an elaborate way
in and an
in and of itself
in antis
in any case
in any event (current term)
in any way, shape, or form
in apposition
in arrears
in at the deep end
in attendance(p)
in awe of
in back of
in ballast
in ballast condition
in baulk
in bed with
in behalf of
in bend

Literary usage of In any event

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1920)
"... which provides: "No lands acquired under the provisions of this Act shall in any event become liable to the satisfaction of any debt or debts contracted ..."

2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1886)
"By an express provision of the Act, the City and County of San Francisco was not, in any event whatever, to be liable for the payment of these bonds, ..."

3. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1904)
"in any event, the verdict could only have been for the purchase price, with Interest. But the cause of action therefor was barred. ..."

4. The Annals of Tennessee to the End of the Eighteenth Century: Comprising Its by James Gettys McGready Ramsey (1853)
"... not to relinquish or cede, in any event whatever, the right of freely navigating the River Mississippi, from its source to the ocean. ..."

5. Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology: Including Many of the Principal by James Mark Baldwin (1901)
"The prognosis is grave, and recovery in any event usually but partial. Tubercular meningitis is apparently due to infection from other organs. Pachy- Fio. ..."

6. Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology: Including Many of the Principal by James Mark Baldwin (1901)
"The prognosis is grave, and recovery in any event usually but partial. Tubercular meningitis is apparently due to infection from other organs. ..."

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