netheless

English

Etymology

From ne + the + less. Compare earlier natheless.

Adverb

netheless (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Nevertheless. [13th–17th c.]
    • 1395, John Wycliffe, Bible, Job II:
      Therfor the Lord seide to Sathan, Lo! he is in thin hond; netheles kepe thou his lijf.
    • 1579, Edmund Spenser, The Shepherd's Calendar:
      Now by my foule, Diggon, I lament / The haplesle mischiefe that has thee hent; / Nethelesse thou feest my lowly faile, / That froward Fortune doth ever availe [...].

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