All 6 Uses
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Nectar in a Sieve
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- "Nevertheless," said Nathan, "they will be back; for you may be sure they did not take so much trouble only to leave a shell in our midst.†
Chpt 4nevertheless = despite that (used to connect contrasting ideas)
- Nevertheless he had made provision for the morrow: I saw in his lap a bundle bulging with food; sugar syrup and butter had soaked through the cloth patchily.†
Chpt 6 *
- Nevertheless, I do not like to think of the future.†
Chpt 11
- "Nevertheless," she replied, "I will have some.†
Chpt 14
- Nevertheless, after a little while he did go to her and his gentleness melted her last remnants of control, for she began to weep.†
Chpt 22
- Nevertheless I said to him anxiously: "Stay behind and rest-it is not good for you to go out in this rain.†
Chpt 28
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)