All 8 Uses
nevertheless
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The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty
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- Words which at first horrified Clytie poured in a full, light stream from her throat, which soon, nevertheless, felt strangely relaxed and rested.†
Story 1.10 *nevertheless = despite that (used to connect contrasting ideas)
- Nevertheless, he looked rather pleased.†
Story 2.23
- She knew from him nevertheless that what people ate in the world was earth, river, wildness and lithe-ness, fire and ashes.†
Story 2.25
- Nevertheless, standing there with the tent slanting over him and his arm knobby as it reached up and his head bent a little, he looked rather at loose ends.†
Story 3.29
- Nevertheless a face from nowhere floated straight into that helpless irony and contemplated the world of his inward gaze, a dark full-face, obscure and obedient-looking as a newsprint face, looking outward from its cap of dark hair and a dark background-all shadow and softness, like a blurred spot on Jones Street.†
Story 3.31
- Nevertheless, her predicament was the only one he felt so sure of here, like the only recognizable shadow in that restaurant, where mirrors and fans were busy agitating the light, as the very local talk drawled across and agitated the peace.†
Story 4.33
- The goose wandered in from the back room under the lid of the counter and hitched itself around the floor among the table legs and people's legs, never seeing that it was neatly avoided by two dancers— who nevertheless vaguely thought of this goose as learned, having earlier heard an old man read to it.†
Story 4.33
- Nevertheless, all spoke to Miss Hattie, Blackie, Opal, and Dewey by name; and from their umbrella-out in the middle of the road, where it was coming down hardest-Miss Hattie did the speaking back.†
Story 4.36
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)