All 3 Uses
nevertheless
in
Nation, by Terry Pratchett
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- Nevertheless, she lived in hope, and prepared her granddaughter for a royal life by seeing to it, wherever possible, that Ermintrude was not taught anything that could possibly be of any practical use whatsoever.†
Chpt 3.nevertheless = despite that (used to connect contrasting ideas)
- Nevertheless, I forbid—†
Chpt 4. *
- Nevertheless, up on the hill a man shouted "Bang!" at the top of his voice and looked very pleased with himself.†
Chpt 12.
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)