Akademik

• КАК-НИКАК coll

[AdvP; Invar; usu. sent adv (occas. parenth)]

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1. used to introduce an explanation of or justification for what is stated in the immediate context; occas. adds the additional implication that the person, thing etc in question is not of very good quality:

- after all.

     ♦ [Зилов:] Напрасно ты не доверяешь технике. Ей как-никак принадлежит будущее (Вампилов 5). [Z.:] You're wrong to mistrust machinery. After all, the future belongs to it (5a).

2. regardless of the circumstances, regardless of how things turn out:

- no matter what (happens).

     ♦ Мы поняли, что как-никак, а неприятного разговора с отцом не избежать. We understood that, no matter what, there was no avoiding an unpleasant conversation with Father.