Both Uses of
nevertheless
in
Crime and Punishment, by Dostoyevsky
- "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 = in spite of 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 *
Definition:
in spite of that (Used to connect contrasting ideas. Other synonyms could include words and phrases such as nonetheless, all the same, still, and however.)