Meanings
adverbanyhowly (not comparable)
- AfricaEastSingaporenot comparableIn any which way; haphazardly, arbitrarily.
Nabumbo Promise spoke, her voice low, almost a whisper. You're all grown now, huh? Youre going to talk to me just anyhowly now, huh?
2022, Okwiri Oduor, Things They Lost, New York, N.Y. […]: Scribner, →ISBN, page 353
Origin
From anyhow + -ly. First attested in 1949.
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anyhowly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anyhowly
MLA
“anyhowly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anyhowly. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anyhowly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anyhowly.
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