nonetheless
264
4.2
- adverb
- /ˌnʌnðəˈlɛs/
:
sin embargo
- The weather was bad, but we decided to go hiking nonetheless.
And with that said, it could nonetheless be faster.
- And with that said, it could nonetheless be faster.
- Not very good plan, but it's a plan nonetheless.
- But I thought, well, we should give it a try nonetheless.
- These are superficial indicators, but it hurts nonetheless.
- The struggle doesn't have to be violent, you know, but it's a struggle nonetheless.
- A little out-of-the-box and being resourceful these days, yes, but done nonetheless.
- But I think that nonetheless, that was what motivated me.
Examples
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We may not love our choices, but nonetheless, we do have choices.
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A lot about Churchill is forgotten, nonetheless, except by professional historians.
Academic text (2011) -
And with that said, it could nonetheless be faster.
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But nonetheless, you are doing what is necessary in the moment.
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In simpler words, my dream is nothing new, but it is a good story nonetheless.
Fiction book (1990) -
An unequal part, of course, but an important part, nonetheless.
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Nonetheless, Nike has long been in search of its basketball star.
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Though this is but a secret journal, it nonetheless poses all of the novelist's problems.
Fiction book (1990) -
An experiment gone awry, but nonetheless, a potentially profitable one on the open market.
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Small effect, not replicated yet, but nonetheless, that's kind of interesting.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
It comes at the end of a sentence to mean however
∞
2.6
Shows a contrast with what was said before
∞
1.0
Shows that something is true despite what was said before
899
1.0
In spite of that
660
3.1
Despite something that might stop you
379
4.1
In spite of that, something still happens
233
3.4
Shows a contrast with what was just said
149
3.5
Shows that something happens or is true despite what was said
98
3.3
To say something is true despite what was just said
13
6.2
Used to show something is true despite what was said before
1
9.9
Still, despite what came before
Adds a fact that is different from what came before
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word nonetheless comes from the old phrase none the less, which literally means 'not less'. So it means 'in spite of that' and is used like 'even though' when something happens despite a reason it might not.