Both Uses
nevertheless
in
Rappaccini's Daughter
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- Nevertheless, in spite of this deep intelligence on his part, there was no approach to intimacy between himself and these vegetable existences.†
*nevertheless = despite that (used to connect contrasting ideas)
- Nevertheless, there was a peculiar quietness in the look, as if taking merely a speculative, not a human interest, in the young man.†
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)