NONETHELESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nonetheless mean? 

• NONETHELESS (adverb)
  The adverb NONETHELESS has 1 sense:

1. despite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession)

  Familiarity information: NONETHELESS used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NONETHELESS (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Despite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession)

Synonyms:

all the same; at the same time; even so; however; nevertheless; nonetheless; notwithstanding; still; withal; yet

Context example:

granted that it is dangerous, all the same I still want to go

 Context examples 

Nonetheless, the researchers are also quick to point out that certain styles of humour may be employed to conceal negative intentions and feelings.

(Self-defeating humour promotes psychological well-being, University of Granada)

While other similar mechanisms may exist, the findings are nonetheless exciting.

(Study helps solve mystery of how sleep protects against heart disease, National Institutes of Health)

Nonetheless, its close approach to Earth is an opportunity to test the ability of a growing global observing network to communicate and coordinate its optical and radar observations in a real scenario.

(Asteroid Tracking Network Observes Close Approach, NASA)

Though methanol is a relatively simple compound compared to other organic molecules, it nonetheless is essential to the formation of more complex organic molecules, like those that ALMA recently observed, among others.

(Stellar Embryos in Nearby Dwarf Galaxy Contain Surprisingly Complex Organic Molecules, National Radio Astronomy Observatory)

This is a phase when such eruptions on the sun are increasingly rare, but history has shown that they can nonetheless be intense.

(Two Significant Solar Flares Imaged by NASA's SDO, NASA)

The signs so far are indirect, mainly its gravitational footprints, but that adds up to a compelling case nonetheless.

(The Super-Earth that Came Home for Dinner, NASA)

The completed activity within the context of a given study that is not directly related to the study's overarching hypothesis evaluation or testing, but is nonetheless essential to the efficient and/or effective coordination and execution of the study.

(Performed Administrative Activity, NCI Thesaurus)

A NASA planetary exploration mission came to a planned, but nonetheless dramatic, end Thursday when it slammed into Mercury’s surface at about 8,750 mph and created a new crater on the planet’s surface.

(NASA Completes MESSENGER Mission with Expected Impact on Mercury's Surface, NASA)