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🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

comunque

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kom-qunq-we

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Anyhow/ˈɛn.i.haʊ/
adverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2150 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Comunque sia, dobbiamo andare avanti."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adverb
  1. 1

    Used to resume a topic after a digression, or to dismiss previous conversation and return to the main point.

    "Anyway, let's get back to the main agenda of the meeting."
  2. 2

    In any way or manner; regardless of circumstances or conditions.

    "The weather was terrible, but we went for a walk anyhow."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of the determiner 'any' (from Old English 'ǣniȝ') and the noun/adverb 'how' (from Old English 'hū'). Recorded since the early 16th century, it originally meant 'in any manner whatsoever' before evolving into a common discourse marker used to resume a topic or dismiss previous digressions.

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