All 11 Uses of
nevertheless
in
1984, by Orwell
- A sort of vapid eagerness flitted across Winston's face at the mention of Big Brother. Nevertheless Syme immediately detected a certain lack of enthusiasm.
p. 51.8nevertheless = despite that (used to connect contrasting ideas)
- He seemed to breathe again the warm stuffy odor of the basement kitchen, an odor compounded of bugs and dirty clothes and villainous cheap scent, but nevertheless alluring, because no woman of the Party ever used scent, or could be imagined as doing so.
p. 64.8nevertheless = still (used to connect contrasting ideas)
- Not to let one's feelings appear in one's face was a habit that had acquired the status of an instinct, and in any case they had been standing straight in front of a telescreen when the thing happened. Nevertheless it had been very difficult not to betray a momentary surprise, for in the two or three seconds while he was helping her up the girl had slipped something into his hand.
p. 106.6nevertheless = despite that (used to connect contrasting ideas)
- He was gone, leaving Winston holding the scrap of paper, which this time there was no need to conceal. Nevertheless he carefully memorized what was written on it, and some hours later dropped it into the memory hole along with a mass of other papers.
p. 158.9
- It was like struggling with some crushing physical task, something which one had the right to refuse and which one was nevertheless neurotically anxious to accomplish.
p. 183.2nevertheless = still (used to connect contrasting ideas)
- Nevertheless the dangers inherent in the machine are still there.
p. 189.5
- By the standards of the early twentieth century, even a member of the Inner Party lives an austere, laborious kind of life. Nevertheless, the few luxuries that he does enjoy ... set him in a different world from a member of the Outer Party, and the members of the Outer Party have a similar advantage in comparison with the submerged masses whom we call 'the proles'.
p. 191.7nevertheless = despite that (used to connect contrasting ideas)
- Even in his terror it was as though he could feel the pain in his own body, the deadly pain which nevertheless was less urgent than the struggle to get back her breath.
p. 223.6nevertheless = still (used to connect contrasting ideas)
- His face had undergone only tiny changes that had nevertheless worked a complete transformation.
p. 224.8
- 'Go on, speak,' he added as Winston remained silent. Nevertheless Winston did not speak for another moment or two.
p. 262.2nevertheless = despite that (used to connect contrasting ideas)
- Whatever happens in all minds, truly happens. He had no difficulty in disposing of the fallacy, and he was in no danger of succumbing to it. He realized, nevertheless, that it ought never to have occurred to him. The mind should develop a blind spot whenever a dangerous thought presented itself.
p. 278.7 *
Definition:
despite that (what was just said)
(Used to connect contrasting ideas. Other synonyms could include words and phrases such as nonetheless, all the same, still, and however.)
(Used to connect contrasting ideas. Other synonyms could include words and phrases such as nonetheless, all the same, still, and however.)