ANY OLD WAY

Meaning of ANY OLD WAY in English

adv. phr. , informal Doing something in a casual, haphazard, or careless way. "John," the teacher said, "you can't just do your homework any old way; you must pay attention to my instructions!"

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ANY OLD WAY — not in a particular way; carelessly
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ANY OLD WAY — Synonyms and related words : airily, any which way, anyhow, bunglingly, carelessly, casually, clumsily, cursorily, disregardfully, forgetfully, haphazardly, heedlessly, helter-skelter, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
ANY OLD WAY — {adv. phr.}, {informal} Doing something in a casual, haphazard, or careless way. * /"John," the teacher said, "you can't just …
Slang English vocab
ANY OLD WAY — {adv. phr.}, {informal} Doing something in a casual, haphazard, or careless way. * /"John," the teacher said, "you can't just …
Словарь английских идиом
OLD — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Old English script Old Ironsides Haakon the Old James Edward the Old Pretender Old …
Английский словарь Британика
WAY — I. ˈwā noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English way, wey, from Old English weg; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OLD — I. ˈōld, before a consonant often ˈōl adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English ald, old, from Old English eald, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ANY — I. |enē, -ni sometimes _ən- or, after t or d, ə n- adjective Etymology: Middle English any, eny, from Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WAY — way 1 — wayless , adj. /way/ , n. 1. manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OLD — — oldness , n. /ohld/ , adj., older, oldest or elder, eldest , n. adj. 1. far advanced in the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ANY — /en"ee/ , adj. 1. one, a, an, or some; one or more without specification or identification: If you have any …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WAY — I. ˈwā noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English weg; akin to Old High German weg way, Old English wegan …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OLD — I. ˈōld; for sense 9 usually ˈōl adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English eald; akin to Old High German …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ANY — I. ˈe-nē adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ǣnig; akin to Old High German einag any, Old English ān …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OLD
Webster English vocab
ANY — adv to any extent; in any degree; at all. 2. any (·adj & ·pron) one indifferently, out of an indefinite …
Webster English vocab
WAY — [way] n [ME, fr. OE weg; akin to OHG weg way, OE wegan to move, L vehere to carry, via …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
OLD — [old] adj [ME, fr. OE eald; akin to OHG alt old, L alere to nourish, alescere to grow, altus high, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ANY — [any] adj [ME, fr. OE aenig; akin to OHG einag any, OE an one--more at one] (bef. 12c) 1: one …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
OLD — old BrE AmE əʊld ⇨ɒʊld AmE oʊld ▷ older ˈəʊld ə ⇨ˈɒʊld- AmE ˈoʊld ə r ▷ oldest ˈəʊld ɪst …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WAY — / weɪ; NAmE / noun , adverb ■ noun METHOD / STYLE 1. [ C ] way (to do sth) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OLD — / əʊld; NAmE oʊld/ adjective ( old·er , old·est ) AGE 1. be ... years, months, etc. ~ of a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ANY — / ˈeni; NAmE / determiner , pronoun , adverb ■ determiner 1. used with uncountable or plural nouns in negative …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WAY
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OLD
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ANY — I. an ‧ y 1 S1 W1 /ˈeni/ BrE AmE determiner , pronoun 1 . [usually in questions and negatives] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WAY — n. & adv. --n. 1 a road, track, path, etc., for passing along. 2 a course or route for reaching …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OLD — adj. (older, oldest) (cf. ELDER, ELDEST). 1 a advanced in age; far on in the natural period of existence. b …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ANY — adj., pron., & adv. --adj. 1 (with interrog., neg., or conditional expressed or implied) a one, no matter which, of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WAY — n. & adv. n. 1 a road, track, path, etc., for passing along. 2 a course or route for reaching …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OLD — adj. (older, oldest) (cf. ELDER, ELDEST). 1 a advanced in age; far on in the natural period of existence. b …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ANY — adj., pron., & adv. adj. 1 (with interrog., neg., or conditional expressed or implied) a one, no matter which, of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WAY — n. & adv. --n. 1. a road, track, path, etc., for passing along. 2 a course or route for reaching …
Oxford English vocab
OLD — adj. (older, oldest) (cf. ELDER, ELDEST). 1. a advanced in age; far on in the natural period of existence. b …
Oxford English vocab
ANY — adj., pron., & adv. --adj. 1. (with interrog., neg., or conditional expressed or implied) a one, no matter which, of …
Oxford English vocab
WAY — ( ways) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If you refer to …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OLD — ( older, oldest) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Someone who is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ANY — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use any in statements with …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ANY — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use ~ in statements with …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
WAY — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a haphazard way/manner/fashion ▪ I continued my studies in a rather haphazard way. a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
OLD
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ANY
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
OLD — (FROM THE PAST) [adjective] [before noun] -er, -est - from a period in the past; former (EARLIER)I saw my old …
Cambridge English vocab
ANY — (AT ALL) [adverb] [not gradable] - at all or in the leastCan't you run any faster?This television doesn't look any …
Cambridge English vocab
OLD — n. Old Museum of Painting Old English script Old Ironsides Haakon the Old James Edward the Old Pretender Old Believers …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
OLD
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
OLD — n. age old old age old fashioned Old Gooseberry Old Guard old hand old hat old lady old line old …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
WAY — See ↑ DIRECTION 1, ↑ WAY 1,7,9 ◆◆◆ • ↑ a fair way/quite a way/a good way • ↑ a …
Longman Activator English vocab
WAY — INDEX: a way of doing something 1. a way or method of doing something 2. the correct way of doing …
Longman Activator English vocab
OLD — INDEX: not young 1. not young 2. older than someone else 3. too old to do something 4. to become …
Longman Activator English vocab
ANY
Longman Activator English vocab
OLD — n. 25B6; adjective old people : ELDERLY, aged, older, senior, advanced in years, venerable; in one's dotage, long in the …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
ANY — adj. 25B6; determiner is there any cake left? : SOME, a piece/part/bit of. it doesn't make any difference : THE …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
OLD — adjective 1 BAD : He is married to a twenty years old American girl. GOOD : He is married to …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
ANY — I adverb BAD : People go there when they are not able any more to look after themselves. GOOD : …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
WAY
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
OLD — 1. прил.; сравн. - older, elder; превосх. - oldest, eldest 1) а) старый old age old people grow old get …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ANY — 1. мест.; неопред. 1) какой-нибудь (в вопросительных и условных предложениях) Did you meet any difficulties? ≈ Столкнулись ли вы с …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WAY
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
OLD — old.ogg 1. əʋld n 1. (the old) собир. старики home for the old - дом для престарелых old and young …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
ANY — any.ogg 1. ʹenı a 1. в вопросительных и условных предложениях 1> какой-нибудь did you meet any difficulties? - были ли …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
WAY — 1) дорога 2) путевой 3) путь 4) способ 5) средство 6) трасса • all the way to — вплоть apex of the sun's way — астрон. апекс движения …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
WAY — way сущ.1) путь; дорога This door is the only way out of the room. — Эта дверь - единственный путь …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
WAY
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