used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement
"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"
In any way or respect, at all.
"He can't do anything anyways if he isn't allowed to enter the building."
In plain English: Anyways is used to mean regardless of what was said before, often signaling that you are moving on to another point or wrapping up the conversation.
"We didn't see him at the party, anyways."
Anyways is a blend of any and an archaic form related to the word way, similar to how always combines all with that same root. This construction emerged as speakers merged these elements into a single adverb meaning "in any manner" or "regardless."