Both Uses of
nonetheless
in
In Cold Blood
- He had enjoyed it, seeing Bonnie out in public, nervous but nonetheless smiling, talking to people, and they both had been proud of Nancy; she had done so well, remembering all her lines, and looking, as he had said to her in the course of backstage congratulations, "Just beautiful, honey-a real Southern belle."†
Chpt 1 *nonetheless = in spite of that (used to connect contrasting ideas)
- Nonetheless, he found it possible to look at the man beside him without anger-with, rather, a measure of sympathy-for Perry Smith's life had been no bed of roses but pitiful, an ugly and lonely progress toward one mirage and then another.†
Chpt 3
Definition:
in spite of that (Used to connect contrasting ideas. Other synonyms could include words and phrases such as nevertheless, all the same, still, and however.)