de toute façon

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /də tut fa.sɔ̃/

Adverb

de toute façon

  1. anyway, anyhow
    De toute façon, je ne vous le dirai jamais.
    Anyway, I would never say that to you.
    On ne peut plus rien faire pour lui, de toute façon. Soit il guérira seul, soit il mourra.
    We can no longer do anything for him, anyway. Either he will heal by himself, or he will die.
    De toute façon, il faut bien que quelqu'un y aille, alors vas-y, toi.
    Anyway, someone really must go there, so you go.

Usage notes

  • quand même has the sense of in spite of an adversity, while de toute façon has the sense of regardless of the factor.
  • In familiar language, one can pronounce /d‿fa.sɔ̃/.

Synonyms

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