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anyway

English translation: at all

19:28 Aug 20, 2020
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
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English term or phrase: anyway
What does "anyway" mean in this dialogue?

Mom: Smile. Oh, come on don't be shy. There's no need to be embarrassed about having your photograph taken. That's it. Finally. Ha, ha, ha.

Boy: Mm, why did you want a photo of me anyway?

Mom: To put on the front of the photo album.


Does it mean "incidentally" or " at all" ?

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rezaproz
Iran
Local time: 18:13
Selected answer:at all
Explanation:
Or in the first place. It means "as opposed to not having a photo".
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philgoddard
United States
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Thank you
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4 +3at all
philgoddard
5anyway is return to an earlier subject
Anastasia Andriani


  

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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
anyway is return to an earlier subject


Explanation:
In conversation, anyway is return to an earlier subject (in this conversation, subject is the boy photograph)

Example sentence(s):
  • Anyway, in the end I didn't wear your jacket.

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Anastasia Andriani
Indonesia
Local time: 21:43
Native speaker of: Native in IndonesianIndonesian
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Tony M: Not really a relevant or helpful explanation in the context given. There is more an opposition of ideas.
1 hr
  -> thank you, Tony
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
at all


Explanation:
Or in the first place. It means "as opposed to not having a photo".

philgoddard
United States
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 44
Grading comment
Thank you
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M
42 mins
agree  Charlotte Fleming
3 hrs
agree  Tina Vonhof (X): It refers back to 'why' - why...at all? A favourite expression of children when they don't want to do something.
9 hrs
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