natheless
Americanadverb
preposition
Etymology
Origin of natheless
before 900; Middle English; Old English nā·thē·lǣs, equivalent to nā not ( see na) + thē, variant of thȳ instrumental singular definite article ( see the 2) + lǣs less
Example Sentences
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Daniel pleaded with her to marry him "natheless."
From Time Magazine Archive
Though," he added, with a smile, "natheless, I think I should.
From Helmet of Navarre by Bertha Runkle
Yet nathemore would it her body fit: Yet natheless to her, as her dew right, It yielded was by them that judged it.
From Walladmor: And Now Freely Translated from the German into English. In Two Volumes. Vol. II. by Thomas De Quincey
But natheless it may hap that I find a chief who is less afeared of great ventures than thou art, King.’
From The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald The Tyrant (Harald Haardraade) by Ethel Harriet Hearn
But natheless the hospitium is open to you as to all, whether gentle or simple, lay folk or clerks.
From The House of Walderne A Tale of the Cloister and the Forest in the Days of the Barons' Wars by A. D. (Augustine David) Crake
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