altho

[ awl-thoh ]

/ ɔlˈðoʊ /

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conjunction Informal.

an informal, simplified spelling of although.

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Words nearby altho

alternator, Altgeld, Althaea, althea, Althing, altho, alt. hor., althorn, Althorp House, although, Althusser

How to use altho in a sentence

After this enters Lear with the dead Cordelia in his arms, altho he is more than eighty years old and ill.
Tolstoy on Shakespeare|Leo Tolstoy
Nor apparently did Shakespeare ever dream of it either, altho he had Plutarch's sage observations before him.
Tolstoy on Shakespeare|Leo Tolstoy
Other rich timber lands were taken up as mineral claims altho no trace of valuable ore existed within their confines.
The Everett massacre|Walker C. Smith
Clyde Gibbons, altho but seventeen years old, joined the Navy by falsifying his age.
The Everett massacre|Walker C. Smith

She upended herself again, and the chair, altho it wabbled distractingly, did not cast her off.
The Incubator Baby|Ellis Parker Butler