Is thanks anyway formal

Answer 1

1. It means, you cannot accept something given to you, but you thank the donor anyway, to be polite.

2. It means, you cannot get what you want and therefore you are thanking the non-donor, to be mean.

Answer 2

'Thanks, anyway' is informal. Ways to write it more formally might include:

• Thank-you for your time and help.
• Thank-you for assisting me.

Even if a person cannot or did not 'help', formal writing and speech thanks the person as if they moved mountains to help you.

Answer 3

Thanks anyway. "Anyways" is non-standard, formed perhaps on analogy with "sometimes."