none the less

Definitions

1. 1

   Alternative form of nonetheless.

   • For beauty and picturesqueness and sheer thrill these discoveries remain unmatched by those of any subsequent year. None the less, no one, not even Mr. Evans himself, ever expected that so much was to follow.
   • I none the less hold that [John Maynard Keynes'] insights were several orders more profound and realistic than those of his recent critics.
2. 2

   Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

   Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see none, the, less.

   • These tales are written in an English dialect—none the less a dialect for that it lacks uniformity in the misplacement of aspirates, and lacks, too, strange words misunderstanded of the reader.
   • One likes him none the less—rather, one likes him the more; since its faults are due to his very virtues.
   • His favorite toys were pencils and brushes, for he early learned to paint. But he was none the less a boy for being an artist, and so Edwin and his brothers had fun together, as a picture he painted in these play-days suggests.

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