in any case

Adverb

• making an additional point; anyway; besides, we can't afford it"
  • I don't want to go to a restaurant
    
  • she couldn't shelter behind him all the time and in any case he wasn't always with her
    

• used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement; anyhow, they're quiet"; anyway, it's gone"; in any case, there was a brief scuffle"
  • Anyhow, he is dead now
    
  • I think they're asleep
    
  • I don't know what happened to it
    
  • anyway, there is another factor to consider
    
  • I don't know how it started
    
  • in any event, the government faced a serious protest
    
  • but at any rate he got a knighthood for it
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  besides , anyhow , anyway , anyways , at any rate , in any event