nonetheless

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
16
Letters
11
Pronunciation
/ˌnʌnðəˈlɛs/

Definition of nonetheless

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adv

  1. (conjunctive, not-comparable)Nevertheless.
    “And "Juno" is the kind of movie all indie comedies wish they could be: light and lovable, perhaps a bit too pleased with the cleverness of its dialogue, but a small charmer nonetheless.”
    “That's proof to Freire that the party has room for moderate Republicans who are nonetheless loyal Republicans.”
    “Nonetheless, some insect prey take advantage of clutter by hiding in it. Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them.”

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Etymology

From Middle English *non-the-les, variant of no-the-les, noþeles, naþelees, from Old English nān þȳ lǣs, nā þē lǣs, nā þȳ lǣs. By surface analysis, none + the + less.

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