Also vs Withal - What's the difference?
also | withal |
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*:Thus the red damask curtains which now shut out the fog-laden, drizzling atmosphere of the Marylebone Road, had cost a mere song, and yet they might have been warranted to last another thirty years. A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor;.
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, title= (label) To the same degree or extent; so, as.
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*:IN suche maner they kepte launcelot four and twenty dayes and also many nyghtes that euer he laye stylle as a dede man / and at the xxv daye byfelle hym after myddaye that he opened his eyen
(archaic) All things considered; nevertheless; besides
:* Yet, withal , David was the true altruist. — Gilbert Parker, "The Weavers"
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(obsolete) With this; with that.
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As an adjective also
is bottom, lower.As a preposition withal is
(archaic).As an adverb withal is
(archaic) all things considered; nevertheless; besides[http://wwwmerriam-webstercom/dictionary/withal meanings in merriam-webster's dictionary].also
English
Adverb
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Synonyms
* too * eke * as wellStatistics
*withal
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Quotations
* (English Citations of "withal")Adverb
(-)Meanings in Merriam-Webster's Dictionary
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- He will scarce be pleased withal .