nevertheless

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nevertheless

  • /ˌnɛvəðəˈlɛs/ UK
  • /ˌnɛvɚðəˈlɛs/ US

Where it comes from

From Middle English nevertheles, never-þe-les, nevere-þe-lesse. By surface analysis, never (“not at all”) + the + less; compare never the wiser.

adverb ne'ertheless · nethertheless

  1. conjunctive, not comparable In spite of what preceded; yet. Now no chaſtening for the preſent ſeemeth to be ioyous, but grieuous: neuertheleſſe, afterward it yeeldeth the peaceable fruite of righteouſneſſe, vnto them which are exerciſed thereby.

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