"nonetheless" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /ˌnʌnðəˈlɛs/ Audio: En-us-nonetheless.ogg [US]
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, equivalent to none + the + less. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|*non-the-les}} Middle English *non-the-les, {{m|enm|no-the-les}} no-the-les, {{m|enm|noþeles}} noþeles, {{m|enm|naþelees}} naþelees, {{inh|en|ang|nān þȳ lǣs}} Old English nān þȳ lǣs, {{m|ang|nā þē lǣs}} nā þē lǣs, {{m|ang|nā þȳ lǣs}} nā þȳ lǣs, {{compound|en|none|the|less}} none + the + less Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} nonetheless (not comparable)
  1. (conjunctive) Nevertheless. Tags: conjunctive, not-comparable Synonyms: though, yet, nevertheless Synonyms (nevertheless): still Translations: অথচ (othoc) (Bengali), въпреки това (vǎpreki tova) (Bulgarian), nogensmenys (Catalan), no obstant (Catalan), 還是 (Chinese Mandarin), 还是 (háishi) (Chinese Mandarin), 然而 (rán'ér) (Chinese Mandarin), 仍然 (réngrán) (Chinese Mandarin), nicméně (Czech), alligevel (Danish), niettemin (Dutch), silti (Finnish), kuitenkin (Finnish), néanmoins (French), nichtsdestoweniger (German), nichtsdestotrotz (German), azonban (Hungarian), ugyanakkor (Hungarian), mindazonáltal (Hungarian), nondimeno (Italian), malgrado ciò (Italian), ciononostante (Italian), にもかかわらず (nimo kakawarazu) (Japanese), 그럼에도 불구하고 (geureomedo bulguhago) (Korean), 그렇지만 (geureochiman) (Korean), tamen (Latin), nihilōminus (Latin), сепак (sepak) (Macedonian), likevel (Norwegian Bokmål), allikevel (Norwegian Bokmål), like fullt (Norwegian Bokmål), ikke desto mindre (Norwegian Bokmål), likevel (Norwegian Nynorsk), like fullt (Norwegian Nynorsk), ikkje dess mindre (Norwegian Nynorsk), kor som er (Norwegian Nynorsk), niemniej jednak (Polish), jednakże (Polish), jednakowoż (Polish), ainda assim (Portuguese), тем не ме́нее (tem ne méneje) (Russian), успркос томе [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), usprkos tome [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), no obstante (Spanish), sin embargo (Spanish), icke desto mindre (Swedish), hur som helst (Swedish), అయినా (ayinā) (Telugu), тим не менш (tym ne menš) (Ukrainian), все-таки́ (vse-taký) (Ukrainian), одна́к (odnák) (Ukrainian), про́те (próte) (Ukrainian), epura (Venetian), epur (Venetian)

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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "word": "allikevel"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "word": "like fullt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "word": "ikke desto mindre"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "word": "likevel"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "word": "like fullt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "word": "ikkje dess mindre"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "word": "kor som er"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "word": "niemniej jednak"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "word": "jednakże"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "word": "jednakowoż"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "word": "ainda assim"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tem ne méneje",
      "word": "тем не ме́нее"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "успркос томе"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "usprkos tome"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "word": "no obstante"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "word": "sin embargo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "word": "icke desto mindre"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "word": "hur som helst"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "ayinā",
      "word": "అయినా"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "tym ne menš",
      "word": "тим не менш"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vse-taký",
      "word": "все-таки́"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "odnák",
      "word": "одна́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "próte",
      "word": "про́те"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetian",
      "word": "epura"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetian",
      "word": "epur"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nonetheless"
}
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  "called_from": "page/2517",
  "msg": "UNIMPLEMENTED parse_translation_template: trans-top-see {1: 'nevertheless', 2: 'nevertheless'}",
  "path": [
    "nonetheless",
    "trans-top-see"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "adverb",
  "title": "nonetheless",
  "trace": ""
}

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