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(lb) Nevertheless, nonetheless, even so, that said, in spite of this.

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(lb) To whatever degree.

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(lb) In whatever way.

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In what way?; how?

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Adverb

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(obsolete) More quickly; sooner, earlier.

Used to specify a choice or preference; preferably. (Now usually followed by than )

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Firstly, I continue to base most species treatments on personally collected material, rather than on herbarium plants.

(conjunctive) Used to introduce a contradiction; on the contrary.

(conjunctive) Introducing a qualification or clarification; more precisely. (Now usually preceded by or .)

* 1897 , (Henry James), (What Maisie Knew) :

What the pupil already knew was indeed rather taken for granted than expressed, but it performed the useful function of transcending all textbooks and supplanting all studies.

* 1898, J. A. Hamilton, ", Volume LIV: Stanhope–Stovin , The MacMillan Company, page 60,

His ‘Iliad’ is spirited and polished, and, though often rather a paraphrase than a translation, is always more truly poetic than most of the best translations.

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, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=All this was extraordinarily distasteful to Churchill.

(degree) Somewhat, fairly.