• (GA) IPA: /ˈɛn.iˌweɪz/

anyways (not comparable)

1. (rare) In any way.
   • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 54573970 ↗, partition II, section 2, member 6, subsection ii:

     it behoves them […] to remove all objects, causes, companies, occasions, as may anyways molest him […].

2. (conjunctive, informal, chiefly, North America) Anyway, anyhow, in any case.
   • 1865, Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend, book 2, chapter 12:

     "Anyways," said the damsel, "I am glad punishment followed, and I say so."