anyhoo

adverb

any·​hoo ˈe-nē-ˌhü 

variants or less commonly anywho

chiefly US, informal + humorous

: anyhow, anyway

Anyhoo, back to that killer finale …

—Lynette Rice, news.yahoo.com, 31 Dec. 2021

Anyhoo. These divers saved a shark.

—Kathie Lee Gifford, NBC News Transcripts, 4 Mar. 2010

… moving with the animated dash peculiar to the quickie films of the time, snapping such lines as "Say, what's the big idea, anyhoo?"

—Diane Werts, Newsday, 21 July 1991

I can only feel half my face thanks to the wonders of modern dentistry. There may or may not be drool. Anyhoo, on with the show!

—Tory Shepherd, The Guardian (London), 14 Aug. 2022

Word History

Etymology

probably originally jocular appropriation of Scots and Ulster onie-hoo anyhow

First Known Use

1850, in the meaning defined above

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