anyways

From any + adverbial genitive of way (compare always).

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɛn.iˌweɪz/

anyways (not comparable)

1. (rare) In any way.
   • 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Printed by Iohn Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 216894069; The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd corrected and augmented edition, Oxford: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, 1624, OCLC 54573970, partition II, section 2, member 6, subsection ii:

     it behoves them […] to remove all objects, causes, companies, occasions, as may anyways molest him […].

   • 1851, Church Wardens of Burlington, “The Church Wardens &c. of Burlington to the Honourable Society. Burlington, 28th, 1715”, in Collections of the Protestant Episcopal Historical Society, volume 1, OCLC 7847099, page 76:

     ...we are bound to assert that we never heard either in his public discourses or private conversation, anything that might tend towards encouraging sedition, or anyways insolencing the government

2. (conjunctive, informal, chiefly Canada, US) Anyway, anyhow, in any case.
   • 1865, Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend, book 2, chapter 12:

     "Anyways," said the damsel, "I am glad punishment followed, and I say so."

• “anyways” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• “anyways” (US) / “anyways” (UK) in Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford University Press.