nonetheless

American  

[nuhn-thuh-les] / ˌnʌn ðəˈlɛs /

adverb

1. however; nevertheless.

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nonetheless British  

/ ˌnʌnðəˈlɛs /

1. despite that; however; nevertheless

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Etymology

Origin of nonetheless

First recorded in 1840–50; from the phrase none the less

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• nonetheless vs. nevertheless

Example Sentences

A rich man living in luxury on the continent’s frontier, Magnus is nonetheless greedy.

From The Wall Street Journal

Many U.S. companies are nonetheless proceeding cautiously, wary of investing huge sums until the country’s politics are stabilized and a legal framework is in place for foreign companies.

From The Wall Street Journal

They’re going to see vibrant, complicated, imperfect places that are nonetheless worth loving and defending.

From Salon

While the company scrambled quickly to deny that interpretation of her remarks, they were nonetheless taken as another sign of instability at the top of the AI heap.

From The Wall Street Journal

“When the IRS wrote the rules back in 1988, they obviously could not have anticipated the nonsensical situation with cryptocurrency, a publicly traded asset that nonetheless is not necessarily a ‘security.’

From The Wall Street Journal