Thesaurus results for WITHAL

withal

adverb

wi-ˈt͟hȯl

Definition of withal

as in then

in addition to what has been said a successful businessman and withal a major contributor to local charities

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as in however

in spite of that a homely face that was withal rather compelling

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The president still plans to hike tariffs on Canadian autos in January, the official said, unless the countries can reach an agreement before then.

— Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 9 Sep. 2026
Talley then wandered out of the media center, looking down at her phone and trying to find her friends.

— Caoimhe O'Neill, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of then

Adverb

That season, however, there was only a one-week break between the conference championship games and the Super Bowl, depriving the league of its normal buffer zone.

— Michael Silver, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Perhaps more significantly, however, is that the same logic will apply to all other cases where the DOE has attempted to force plants to stay open.

— John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of however

Adverb

And besides, there’s a theory that, with the meow, the cats were evolving to imitate us.

— Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
But that does not take away from the performance — besides, there was a neat ball into the box in the first half that led to a fine double save by Porto goalkeeper Diogo Costa.

— Sam Lee, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of besides

Adverb

The design also delivers low noise and vibration levels, an increasingly important consideration for passenger vessels.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026
Naturally, his size has already led to comparisons with Courtois, who also came through the ranks at Genk before Chelsea signed him at age 19.

— Matt Pyzdrowski, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of also

Adverb

Ancelotti, though, could have spent the past four weeks in Europe and still barely caught a glance of Estevao Willian, Brazil’s would-be attacking talisman.

— Jack Lang, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
At another point, though, a lady asks -- perhaps a bit too flippantly -- what's so special about Ten House.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of though

Adverb

The odds that a rogue AI causes something unfortunate and unexpected to happen in the near future aren’t bad, either.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Ovechkin’s decades-long foil, Sidney Crosby, wasn’t sure if the Capitals star would return, either.

— Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

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