All 3 Uses
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My Antonia
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- Nevertheless, that legend has stuck in my mind, and sunflower-bordered roads always seem to me the roads to freedom.†
Book 1 *nevertheless = despite that (used to connect contrasting ideas)
- Nevertheless, I stole furtive glances behind me now and then to see that no avenging mate, older and bigger than my quarry, was racing up from the rear.†
Book 1
- Nevertheless, after I went to bed, this idea of punishment and Purgatory came back on me crushingly.†
Book 1
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)