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natheless en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /ˈneɪθlɪs/

Etymology

From Middle English natheles, equivalent to no + the + less. Compare netheless.

Meanings

1. (archaic, not-comparable) Nevertheless.
   • With the first light she laughed, and the last light Glows round her still; who natheless in the night At length must make an end. 1871, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Sunset Wings, lines 18–20:
   • And if he doth not return, this Wilfred may natheless repay us our charges when he shall gain treasure by the strength of his spear and of his sword, even as he did yesterday and this day also. 1819, Sir Walter Scott, Ivanhoe:
   • Would'st thou revive the deep Despair, / The Anguish, that unutter'd nathless wrings / My inmost Heart? a. 1772 (date written), Dante [Alighieri], “[Translations.] Dante. Canto 33, dell’ Inferno.”, in Thomas Gray, transl., edited by Edmund Gosse, The Works of Thomas Gray in Prose and Verse. […], volume I (Poems, Journals, and Essays), London: Macmillan and Co., published 1884, →OCLC, page 157:
   • He had tortured the lady with exceeding tortures, natheless she would not confess to him aught […]. 1885, Sir Richard Burton, “Night 13”, in The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night:

Forms

Synonyms

all that said · yet · be that as it may · that being said · even so · still · be it as it may · maugre · but · notwithstanding · even so · nonetheless · having said that · natheless · withal · that said · all the same · though · anyhow · nevertheless · just the same · withal · still and all · however · nonetheless · howbeit