Definitions
You use albeit to give more information that weakens earlier information.
Word origin
From the Middle English expression al be it (that), itself shortened from althagh it be that (“although it be that”), and thus composed from al (“completely, entirely”) + be (3rd person singular present subjunctive of been (“to be”)) + it.
Used in a sentence
“VVho are you? tell me for more certainty, / Albeit Ile ſvveare that I do knovv your tongue.”
“The stranger had crossed a sacred line. He had mentioned the men’s mothers. Nothing could get him out of a beating now, even the fact that he was obviously a simpleton. Albeit a simpleton with a good vocabulary.”
“There’s an easy, albeit expensive, way to fix the national crisis in forensic crime labs.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Even though”6 letters
02“Although”6 letters
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