nonetheless Definition

none¹
pronoun

1. Not any.

Example: There were none in the box
2. No one; not any.

Example: None were as kind as she
Thesaurus: no one, not anyone, nobody.

Idiom: none but ...

Only ....
Example: none but the finest ingredients

Idiom: none of ...

I won't put up with ...
Example: None of your cheek!

Idiom: none other than someone or something

The very person or thing mentioned or thought of.

Idiom: none the ...

Note: followed by a comparative
Not any ....
Example: none the worse for his adventure

Idiom: none too ...

By no means ....
Example: none too clean

Idiom: none the less (nonetheless)

Nevertheless; in spite of that.
Thesaurus: nevertheless, anyway, anyhow, even so, however, notwithstanding, yet.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon nan not one or no.

Info:

○ When none refers to a number of individual people or things, it can be followed by a singular or a plural verb, rather like a collective noun, depending on whether the individuals or the group as a whole are intended &wbox; &wbox;

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