Natheless

//ˈneɪθlɪs// adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    Nevertheless. archaic, not-comparable

    "Would'st thou revive the deep Despair, / The Anguish, that unutter'd nathless wrings / My inmost Heart?"

Example

More examples

""Would that your king AEneas here could stand, / driven by the gale that drove you to this strand! / Natheless, to scour the country, will I send / some trusty messengers, with strict command / to search through Libya to the furthest end, / lest, cast ashore, through town or lonely wood he wend.""

Etymology

From Middle English natheless, equivalent to no + the + less. Compare netheless.

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