netheless

adv

Etymology: Inherited from Middle English netheles; by surface analysis, ne + the + less. Compare earlier natheless.

1. Nevertheless.

   “Therfor the Lord seide to Sathan, Lo! he is in thin hond; netheles kepe thou his lijf.”

   “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 [...].”