Meaning of at any rate | Babel Free

Definitions

1. In any case, anyway, anyhow, regardless; used to discard or qualify a previous thought.
   conjunctive
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see at, any, rate.

Examples

“Jim broke the window — or maybe it was John? At any rate, the window’s broken now.”

“He's stinking rich — or, at any rate, pretty well off.”

“Mr Chairman, I'd point out here that taxation without representation is an affront at any rate, low or high, but it is especially galling at the rate that Mr Smith proposes.”

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