The direction doesn't matter however (6)
I believe the answer is:
anyway
'however' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'the direction doesn't matter' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'direction' could be 'way' (synonyms) and 'way' is found in the answer.
'matter' could be 'y' (Y is an example) and 'y' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'an' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for anyway that I've seen before include "Whatever happens" , "In whatever manner" , "At any rate" , "in spite of everything" , "However that may be" .)