nevertheless

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adverb despite anything to the contrary (usually following a concession)

Etymology

From Middle English nevertheles, never-þe-les, nevere-þe-lesse. By surface analysis, never (“not at all”) + the + less; compare never the wiser.

In classic literature

Synonyms

however, withal, still, yet, all the same, even so, nonetheless, notwithstanding

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