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even then

even then adverb: still, even at that time; then as well as beforehand.

Adverb

even then (not comparable)

  1. Still, even at that time; then as well as beforehand.
  2. (contrastive, idiomatic) Regardless of the circumstances (often ones that have just been stated).
    • I'm used to being disappointed, and even then, this is underwhelming.
    • We slipped the release date six months, I mean, we had to, OK? But even then, it needed more time in the oven.2023 July 25, Paul Tozour, The Four Swords: A Parable of Leadership, Video Games, and Dead Dragons, Gatekeeper Press, →ISBN, page 329
  3. (formal) At that very moment.
    Synonyms:
    just then

even then meaning in Hindi, Bengali, Malayalam and Sanskrit

even then in Hindi

even then
तभी tabhī
even then, still, in spite of that
तथापि tathāpi, फिर भी phir bhī

even then in Bengali

even then
অথচ ôthôco

even then in Malayalam

even then
എന്നിട്ടും enniṭṭuṁ

even then in Sanskrit

even then, nevertheless, notwithstanding
तद् tád
More languagesFewer languages
even then in Assamese
তথাপি tothapi

Synonyms of even then

Questions about even then

What does even then mean?
Even then means still, even at that time; then as well as beforehand.
What is even then in Hindi?
Even then in Hindi is तभी (tabhī), तथापि (tathāpi), फिर भी (phir bhī). See Even then meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is even then?
Even then is an adverb.

Words near even then in the dictionary

  1. even out
  2. even so
  3. even steven
  4. even still
  5. even the score
  6. even then
  7. even though
  8. even up
  9. even working
  10. even workings
  11. even-

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Adapted from Wiktionary: even then (page history and authors); तथापि (Hindi) (page history and authors); অথচ (Bengali) (page history and authors); എന്നിട്ടും (Malayalam) (page history and authors); तद् (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); তথাপি (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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