Definition of if anything in English:
if anything
phrase
Used to suggest tentatively that something may be the case (often the opposite of something previously implied)
‘I haven't made much of this—if anything, I've played it down’
- ‘My own experience suggests we are if anything already too generous on this point.’
- ‘The trend under the previous administration was, if anything, the reverse of this.’
- ‘We could have some tests to see what, if anything, is wrong, and see if anything can be done to fix it.’
- ‘Indeed, if anything the worship of nature is probably more intense today than at any time this century.’
- ‘Mrs Catterson says she should have been alerted as she is the point of contact if anything happens to her mother.’
- ‘Councillors have agreed to meet with officers to see if anything can be done about the objections raised.’
- ‘What the play does lack if anything is a sense of balance in that the police's perspective is barely touched on.’
- ‘School admissions will not be a lottery, if anything the process will be more straightforward.’
- ‘The onset of Foot of Mouth disease, if anything, fuelled spending in urban shopping malls.’
- ‘There is simply no need for it and if anything such phrases have now become counter-productive.’