if anything

[if anything] {adv. phr.}

More likely; instead; rather.

* /The weather forecast is not for cooler weather; if anything, it is expected to be warmer./

* /Joe isn't a bad boy. If anything he's a pretty good one./

Compare: MATTER OF FACT.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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