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[ adverb ] despite anything to the contrary (usually following a concession)

Synonyms

however still nevertheless nonetheless even_so withal all_the_same yet

Examples

"although I'm a little afraid, however I'd like to try it" "while we disliked each other, nevertheless we agreed" "he was a stern yet fair master"

Used in print

(Arlin Turner, "William Faulkner, Southern Novelist"...)

His denials of extensive reading notwithstanding , it is no_doubt safe to assume that he has spent time schooling himself in Southern history and that he has gained some acquaintance with the chief literary authors who have lived in the South or have written_about the South .

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[ pronoun ] preposition

Synonyms

despite in_spite_of

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Rhymes with

outstanding standing misunderstanding understanding freestanding upstanding longstanding expanding banding astounding tending landing branding pretending contending attending sounding demanding commanding spending expounding corresponding bounding binding bonding pounding expending surrounding ending resounding sending winding rounding finding founding funding pending bending siding compounding abounding padding grounding blinding grinding dowding descending nodding condescending ascending impending unbending confounding unending unwinding spellbinding lending rescinding vending mending rending sliding coinciding shrouding blending wounding scalding budding defending offending riding guiding deciding subsiding discarding chiding hiding ding ceding seeding trading plodding crowding confiding clouding boarding balding guarding wilding gliding flooding prodding shedding shading skateboarding backsliding hoarding harding conceding marauding abiding intruding protruding bedding sledding speeding disregarding dividing shielding awarding according rewarding regarding recording forwarding providing scolding scaffolding spreading bidding pudding exceeding proceeding preceding withholding misreading misleading succeeding receding exploding wading wedding coding voiding loading leading lading redding goading reading feeding raiding wording fading overriding heading herding encoding invading unloading impeding beheading featherbedding pleading moulding molding braiding breeding brooding bleeding building landholding shareholding stockholding welding golding grading gilding folding yielding fielding holding eluding eroding degrading pervading concluding decoding unfolding blockading beholding inbreeding including unyielding forbidding foreboding railroading rebuilding shipbuilding

Phonetic and Homophones

N AA2 T W IH0 TH S T AE1 N D IH0 NG

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