nevertheless
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[edit] English
[edit] Alternative forms
- ne'ertheless (trisyllabic; archaic or poetic)
[edit] Etymology
From never (“not at all”) + the + less; compare never the wiser
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Adverb
nevertheless (not comparable)
- (conjunctive) In spite of what preceded; yet.
- Heb. 12:11
- No chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous; nevertheless, afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness.
- Heb. 12:11
[edit] Synonyms
- (in spite of what preceded): still, nonetheless, yet, though, however
[edit] Translations
in spite of what preceded
[edit] External links
- nevertheless in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- nevertheless in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911