All 5 Uses
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- Nevertheless, the general effect was extremely rich and picturesque.†
Chpt 4 *nevertheless = despite that (used to connect contrasting ideas)
- Nevertheless, I ran with all my might.†
Chpt 5
- Nevertheless she was, somehow, a very great comfort.†
Chpt 5
- Here, apparently, was the Palaeontological Section, and a very splendid array of fossils it must have been, though the inevitable process of decay that had been staved off for a time, and had, through the extinction of bacteria and fungi, lost ninety-nine hundredths of its force, was nevertheless, with extreme sureness if with extreme slowness at work again upon all its treasures.†
Chpt 8
- Nevertheless I left that gallery greatly elated.†
Chpt 8
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)