Emphasizes that a state or action continues from the past up to the present moment, often with a nuance of surprise or expectation that it should have changed. Frequently used in negative contexts.
He still hasn't given me a reply.
That problem has not been solved even now.
Standard kanji-kana spelling.
Literary or formal variant using 以て; less common in modern writing.
Compound of 今 (ima, 'now') + もって (motte, 'with' or 'by means of'), literally 'with now', used adverbially to mean 'even at this moment'.