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no less en · ADV

Etymology

From Middle English no lesse, na leasse. Compare none the less and Old English nōhte þon lǣssa (“none the less”).

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Even, furthermore, not to mention.
    • “You have a young son, yet you involve yourself in the world of organised crime. Robbing a bank no less! Stealing half a million pounds! Money, I might add, that has never been recovered. You must know where the money is hidden, and yet, Mr Goodie, you refuse to inform the police. You must have had accomplices, but you will not name them. This no doubt is the criminals’ code of honour.” 2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
    • By making her a widow, Fielding allows Mark Darcy to remain as implausibly perfect in death as he was in life (killed by a landmine while negotiating the release of aid workers in Sudan, no less), […] 2013 October 12, Stephanie Merritt, “Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy by Helen Fielding – review”, in The Observer, →ISSN:
    • He graduated this year — at the top of his class, no less!
  2. (literally, not-comparable) Just as, equally, as much/many as, not less.
    • Diet sodas are no less unhealthy than regular ones.
    • The driver had drunk no less than eight pints of beer.

Relateds

more so · none the less · nothing less than · as well

Translations (17)

de zumal (furthermore, not to mention) · es nada menos (furthermore, not to mention) · es que ya es decir (furthermore, not to mention) · es ahí es nada (furthermore, not to mention) · es ni más ni menos (furthermore, not to mention) · it nientedimeno (furthermore, not to mention) · it nientemeno (furthermore, not to mention) · it nientepopodimeno (furthermore, not to mention) · de noch dazu (furthermore, not to mention) · tr üstelik (furthermore, not to mention) · pl przy tym (furthermore, not to mention) · nl maar liefst (furthermore, not to mention) · tr hem de (furthermore, not to mention) · es que se dice pronto (furthermore, not to mention) · fi vieläpä (furthermore, not to mention) · fi jopa (furthermore, not to mention) · es ahí que no es nada (disused) (furthermore, not to mention)