At any rate Moderate

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"

if nothing else (`leastwise' is informal and `leastways' is colloquial)

"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"