Definitions
adverb
if nothing else (`leastwise' is informal and `leastways' is colloquial)
“they felt--at any rate Jim felt--relieved though still wary”
adverb
used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement
“but at any rate he got a knighthood for it”
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