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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.)
- But she fled up-stairs, nevertheless, with Sid and Mary at her heels.Chapter 6 (17% in)
- And she hit his hand a smart rap, but reddened and looked pleased, nevertheless.Chapter 6 (95% in)
- But he wrote it again, nevertheless; he could not help it.Chapter 16 (14% in)
- But Tom was uneasy, nevertheless, and was alarmed to see Joe go sullenly on with his dressing.Chapter 16 (27% in)
- Boys of his own size pretended not to know he had been away at all; but they were consuming with envy, nevertheless.Chapter 18 (47% in)
- But she did see, nevertheless; and she knew she was winning her fight, too, and was glad to see him suffer as she had suffered.Chapter 18 (79% in)
- But he was in a fine rage, nevertheless.Chapter 20 (9% in)
- There were very few there who knew what "tete" meant, but the poem was very satisfactory, nevertheless.Chapter 21 (69% in)
- His pity was moved, but nevertheless he felt an abounding sense of relief and security, now, which revealed to him in a degree which he had not fully appreciated before how vast a weight of dread had been lying upon him since the day he lifted his voice against this bloody-minded outcast.Chapter 33 (4% in)
There are no more uses of "nevertheless" in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
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