nonetheless
- 1In spite of what has just been said or done; all the same.
The evidence was thin, but the jury convicted him nonetheless.
Few people expected the tiny startup to last, yet it nonetheless grew into a market leader.
Similarnevertheless, regardless, anyway, still, notwithstanding
Note
Three small words welded into one: none, the and less, going back to Old English nā þȳ lǣs, roughly "not the less for that." The meaning survives intact: whatever was just conceded takes nothing away from what follows. As a conjunctive adverb it moves freely. It can open a sentence with a comma (Nonetheless, some insects hide in clutter) or close one after a concession, as in "a small charmer nonetheless."
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Origin
It comes from Middle English *non-the-les, a variant of no-the-les, from Old English nān þȳ lǣs. By its surface parts, it breaks down as none + the + less.