All 3 Uses of
nevertheless
in
Jane Eyre
- Rain, wind, and darkness filled the air; nevertheless, I dimly discerned a wall before me and a door open in it; through this door I passed with my new guide: she shut and locked it behind her.†
p. 51.6 *nevertheless = despite that (used to connect contrasting ideas)
- I looked, and had an acute pleasure in looking, — a precious yet poignant pleasure; pure gold, with a steely point of agony: a pleasure like what the thirst-perishing man might feel who knows the well to which he has crept is poisoned, yet stoops and drinks divine draughts nevertheless.†
p. 203.0
- You will think me superstitious, — some superstition I have in my blood, and always had: nevertheless, this is true —true at least it is that I heard what I now relate.†
p. 515.7
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.)