Both Uses
nevertheless
in
Crime and Punishment, by Dostoyevsky
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- "Love for the future partner of your life, for your husband, ought to outweigh your love for your brother," he pronounced sententiously, "and in any case I cannot be put on the same level....Although I said so emphatically that I would not speak openly in your brother's presence, nevertheless, I intend now to ask your honoured mother for a necessary explanation on a point of great importance closely affecting my dignity.†
Chpt 4.2nevertheless = despite that (used to connect contrasting ideas)
- But, nevertheless, it was clear to him again that with her character and the amount of education she had after all received, she could not in any case remain so.†
Chpt 4.4 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(nevertheless) despite thatBased on idea 1 we might not expect idea 2, but this is a way of saying that even though idea 1 was just stated, we still have idea 2. Synonyms include in spite of that, despite that, nevertheless, nonetheless, on the other hand, in contrast and but.
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)