ANYWISE Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

anywise

adverb

ˈe-nē-ˌwīz

Definition of anywise

as in ever

in any way or respect nor is it anywise important what you wear to the party

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as in randomly

without definite aim, direction, rule, or method just stuffed his newly cleaned clothes anywise back into the drawers

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This is the practical discipline of moving ever onward in the face of ambiguity.

— Jeff DeGraff, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
Cringing can therefore manifest as the abashment of not knowing (yet; possibly ever) how to read something.

— Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of ever

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The researchers will then randomly choose around 1/3 of people who submitted a lone star tick, another 1/3 of people who submitted a black legged tick and 1/3 of people who submitted a positive alpha-gal tick to the laboratory.

— Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 14 Oct. 2026
Half will be randomly assigned to take Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy, according to a press release issued yesterday.

— Elaine Chen, STAT, 14 Oct. 2026

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