at all events
No matter what
At all events means whatever happens or regardless of the circumstances—it signals that something will be true or done no matter what else occurs.
The phrase is somewhat formal and interchangeable with in any event or in any case.
At all events, we'll need to leave by noon.
The project may fail, but at all events we'll have learned something.
- anywayIn any case
- regardlessDespite the circumstances
- howeverIntroduces a contrasting point
- irrespectiveWithout consideration of
- come what mayDespite any consequences
nevertheless · no matter what · notwithstanding · in any case · in the end · always · inevitably · whatever happens · rain or shine · surely · without fail · certainly · even so · be that as it may · one way or another · definitely · unquestionably · necessarily
at all eventsconditionally
With requirements attached
only if · contingently · provided that · assuming that · on condition that
at all eventsperhaps
Expressing uncertainty
maybe · possibly · conceivably · potentially · sometimes
at all eventsconditionally
With requirements attached
contingently · subject to change · maybe · perhaps · possibly
event, events, eventful, eventfully, uneventful, uneventfully, eventual, eventually, eventuality