All 6 Uses

nonetheless
in
Nine Stories
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I had no idea what was going on between the Chief and Mary Hudson (and still haven't, in any but a fairly low, intuitive sense), but nonetheless, I couldn't have been more certain that Mary Hudson had permanently dropped out of the Comanche lineup.†
Story 4 *

nonetheless = in spite of that (used to connect contrasting ideas)
Nonetheless, the first thing the Chief said to us was "All right, let's cut out the noise, or no story.†
Story 4
The sun, though not especially hot, was nonetheless so brilliant that it made any fairly distant image—a boy, a boat—seem almost as wavering and refractional as a stick in water.†
Story 5
In all probability, he was aware that the call was bogus, but nonetheless he seemed deeply aroused; his mouth fell open.†
Story 5
Nonetheless, the moment I was inside, the place seemed wondrously presentable to me.†
Story 8
Nonetheless, he was well within hearing of his father's voice—his father's voice, that is, most singularly.†
Story 9

Definitions:

(1) (nonetheless)
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.)
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)