adv
Meaning 1
Nevertheless.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: conjunctive, not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
nonetheless
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˌnʌnðəˈlɛs/
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CMU ARPABET: N AH2 N DH AH0 L EH1 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adverb
Meaning 2
despite anything to the contrary (usually following a concession)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- although I'm a little afraid, however I'd like to try it
- while we disliked each other, nevertheless we agreed
- he was a stern yet fair master
- granted that it is dangerous, all the same I still want to go
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: however, nevertheless, withal, still, yet, all the same, even so, notwithstanding
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
A modification of natheless after none, from Middle English natheles, from Old English nān þȳ lǣs, nā þē lǣs, nā þȳ lǣs. By surface analysis, none + the + less.
Across languages
Translations
56 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bengali: অথচ (othoc) — nevertheless
- Bulgarian: въпреки това (vǎpreki tova) — nevertheless
- Catalan: nogensmenys — nevertheless
- Catalan: no obstant — nevertheless
- Chinese Mandarin: 還是 /还是 (háishi) — nevertheless
- Chinese Mandarin: 然而 (rán'ér) — nevertheless
- Chinese Mandarin: 仍然 (réngrán) — nevertheless
- Czech: nicméně — nevertheless
- Danish: alligevel — nevertheless
- Dutch: niettemin — nevertheless
- Finnish: silti — nevertheless
- Finnish: kuitenkin — nevertheless
- French: néanmoins — nevertheless
- German: nichtsdestoweniger — nevertheless
- German: nichtsdestotrotz — nevertheless
- Hungarian: azonban — nevertheless
- Hungarian: ugyanakkor — nevertheless
- Hungarian: mindazonáltal — nevertheless
- Italian: nondimeno — nevertheless
- Italian: malgrado ciò — nevertheless
- Italian: ciononostante — nevertheless
- Japanese: にもかかわらず (nimo kakawarazu) — nevertheless
- Kazakh: дегенмен (degenmen) — nevertheless
- Kazakh: әйтсе де (äitse de) — nevertheless
- Korean: 그럼에도 불구하고 (geureomedo bulguhago) — nevertheless
- Korean: 그렇지만 (geureochiman) — nevertheless
- Latin: tamen — nevertheless
- Latin: nihilōminus — nevertheless
- Macedonian: сепак (sepak) — nevertheless
- Norwegian Bokmål: likevel — nevertheless
- Norwegian Bokmål: allikevel — nevertheless
- Norwegian Bokmål: like fullt — nevertheless
- Norwegian Bokmål: ikke desto mindre — nevertheless
- Norwegian Nynorsk: likevel — nevertheless
- Norwegian Nynorsk: like fullt — nevertheless
- Norwegian Nynorsk: ikkje dess mindre — nevertheless
- Norwegian Nynorsk: kor som er — nevertheless
- Polish: niemniej jednak — nevertheless
- Polish: jednakże — nevertheless
- Polish: jednakowoż — nevertheless
- Portuguese: ainda assim — nevertheless
- Russian: тем не ме́нее (tem ne méneje) — nevertheless
- Serbo-Croatian: успркос томе — nevertheless
- Serbo-Croatian: usprkos tome — nevertheless
- Spanish: no obstante — nevertheless
- Spanish: sin embargo — nevertheless
- Swedish: icke desto mindre — nevertheless
- Swedish: hur som helst — nevertheless
- Telugu: అయినా (ayinā) — nevertheless
- Ukrainian: тим не менш (tym ne menš) — nevertheless
- Ukrainian: все-таки́ (vse-taký) — nevertheless
- Ukrainian: одна́к (odnák) — nevertheless
- Ukrainian: про́те (próte) — nevertheless
- Ukrainian: зате (zaté) — nevertheless
- Venetan: epura — nevertheless
- Venetan: epur — nevertheless
Real reading context