All 4 Uses of
nonetheless
in
The American, by Henry James
- He was by inclination a temperate man; but he had supped the night before his visit to the Louvre at the Cafe Anglais—some one had told him it was an experience not to be omitted—and he had slept none the less the sleep of the just.†
Chpt 1 *none the less = in spite of that (used to connect contrasting ideas)
- But none the less some of his memories seemed to wear at present a rather graceless and sordid mien, and it struck him that if he had never done anything very ugly, he had never, on the other hand, done anything particularly beautiful.†
Chpt 5
- I feel none the less sorry for you, especially as I am at the bottom of your troubles.†
Chpt 18
- In answer to this stroke of irony, none the less powerful for being so unconscious, all poor Newman could do was to give a helpless and transparent stare.†
Chpt 19
Definition:
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.)