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ne'ertheless

Archaic Terms
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

An archaic, poetic elision of "nevertheless," meaning in spite of that or logic notwithstanding; preserves strict metrical meter.

Detailed Definition
This contracted spelling is a literary or archaic variant of nevertheless, meaning “even so” or “all the same.” In the poem it softens the child’s thought that, despite the grandfather’s frailty, he is still glad to sit beside him.
Example
Example in poetry:
“Yet ne’ertheless I am right glad” preserves the emphatic archaic sense “nevertheless”; “Ne’ertheless, the dark withdrew,” shows the contraction in a ballad-like line; In Spenserian diction, “ne’ertheless” can turn an argument after adversity; A contemporary historical poem might write, “Ne’ertheless, she carried the protest sign.”
Additional Notes
The form “ne'ertheless” is an unusual archaic spelling that modern readers may not recognize at once.; Found in the poem, A Child To His Sick Grandfather by Joanna Baillie
Also Known As
nevertheless nonetheless still yet
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