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.

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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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