1. at any rate
It's warm country. We won't need our pullovers, at any rate.
So, at any rate, I mean it was...
Interestingly there has been a bit of a move towards seeing fairy tales as an adult, or at any rate a young adult – a dark sort of genre.
The novel was wonderful. I enjoyed it at any rate.
They’ve had technical problems – at any rate that’s what they told me.
Well, at any rate we need her to be there.
Well, I'm not going home on foot, at any rate.; Used to make a statement that is obviously true after making a statement that shows uncertainty.