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French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /də tut fa.sɔ̃/, (colloquial) /tfa.sɔ̃/
Adverb
de toute façon
- anyway, anyhow
- Synonym: en tout cas
De toute façon, je ne vous le dirais 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.