natheless

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈneɪθlɪs/

Adverb

natheless (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Nevertheless.
    Synonyms: even so, nonetheless, withal; see also Thesaurus:nevertheless
    • 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:
      Would'st thou revive the deep Despair, / The Anguish, that unutter'd nathless wrings / My inmost Heart?
    • 1819, Sir Walter Scott, Ivanhoe:
      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.
    • 1871, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Sunset Wings, lines 18–20:
      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.
    • 1885, Sir Richard Burton, “Night 13”, in The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night:
      He had tortured the lady with exceeding tortures, natheless she would not confess to him aught […] .

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