All 9 Uses
nevertheless
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
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- But she fled up-stairs, nevertheless, with Sid and Mary at her heels.†
Chpt 6 *nevertheless = despite that (used to connect contrasting ideas)
- And she hit his hand a smart rap, but reddened and looked pleased, nevertheless.†
Chpt 6
- But he wrote it again, nevertheless; he could not help it.†
Chpt 16
- But Tom was uneasy, nevertheless, and was alarmed to see Joe go sullenly on with his dressing.†
Chpt 16
- Boys of his own size pretended not to know he had been away at all; but they were consuming with envy, nevertheless.†
Chpt 18
- 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.†
Chpt 18
- But he was in a fine rage, nevertheless.†
Chpt 20
- There were very few there who knew what "tete" meant, but the poem was very satisfactory, nevertheless.†
Chpt 21
- 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.†
Chpt 33
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)