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Withall vs Withal - What's the difference?

withall | withal |

As adverbs the difference between withall and withal

is that withall is an archaic spelling of lang=en while withal is all things considered; nevertheless; besides.

As a preposition withal is

Synonym for with, appearing at the end of a clause or sentence, after the object.

withall

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • withal

    English

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • (archaic)
  • A knife is good to cut things withal .

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (archaic) All things considered; nevertheless; besides Meanings in Merriam-Webster's Dictionary
  • :* Yet, withal , David was the true altruist. — Gilbert Parker, "The Weavers"
  • *
  • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=2 , passage=Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.
  • :* {{quote-book, year=1918, year_published=2008 , edition=HTML, author=(Edgar Rice Burroughs)
  • , title= citation , passage=So-al was a mighty fine-looking girl, built like a tigress as to strength and sinuosity, but withal sweet and womanly.}}
  • (obsolete) With this; with that.
  • * Shakespeare
  • He will scarce be pleased withal .

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