netheless

English

Etymology

From ne + the + less. Compare earlier natheless.

Adverb

netheless (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Nevertheless. [13th–17th c.]
   • 1395, John Wycliffe, Bible, Job II:

     Therfor the Lord seide to Sathan, Lo! he is in thin hond; netheles kepe thou his lijf.

   • 1579, Edmund Spenser, The Shepherd's Calendar:

     Now by my foule, Diggon, I lament / The haplesle mischiefe that has thee hent; / Nethelesse thou feest my lowly faile, / That froward Fortune doth ever availe [...].

Anagrams

• lesseneth