"at any rate" | Definition and Related Words

Adverb

Used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement (synset 400026948)
"Anyhow, he is dead now"; "I think they're asleep; anyhow, they're quiet"; "I don't know what happened to it; anyway, it's gone"; "anyway, there is another factor to consider"; "I don't know how it started; in any case, there was a brief scuffle"; "in any event, the government faced a serious protest"; "but at any rate he got a knighthood for it"

same as: anyhow, anyway, anyways, in any case, in any event
If nothing else (`leastwise' is informal and `leastways' is colloquial) (synset 400105348)
"at least he survived"; "they felt--at any rate Jim felt--relieved though still wary"; "the influence of economists--or at any rate of economics--is far-reaching"

domain usage: colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech

same as: at least, leastways, leastwise