WITHAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does withal mean? 

• WITHAL (adverb)
  The adverb WITHAL has 2 senses:

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

2. together with this

  Familiarity information: WITHAL used as an adverb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WITHAL (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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Together with this

 Context examples 

Thus it was that the hunt of White Fang became their chief game—a deadly game, withal, and at all times a serious game.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

How can I—how could any one—tell of that strange scene, its solemnity, its gloom, its sadness, its horror; and, withal, its sweetness.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

He was in his working-dress, and looked rugged enough, but manly withal, and a very fit protector for the blooming little creature at his side.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Wolf waited for him to reappear. He waited a long minute, silently, quietly, without movement, as though turned to stone—withal stone quick with eagerness and desire. He barked once, and waited.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

It trained his ear and gave him a fine appreciation for noble English; withal it introduced into his mind much that was archaic and obsolete.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

“What now?” she asked sleepily, and, withal, curiously.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Formerly, White Fang had been merely the enemy of his kind, withal a ferocious enemy.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

He was equable, he was to be relied upon, and withal there was a certain bafflement about him.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Negore watched the supple body, bending at the hips as a lynx's body might bend, pliant as a young willow stalk, and, withal, strong as only youth is strong.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

She was positively bewitching, and, withal, sweetly spirituelle, if not saintly.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)