All 11 Uses
nevertheless
in
The Phantom of the Opera
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- He was bound to conclude in favor of the madness of the viscount and the accidental death of the elder brother, for lack of evidence to the contrary; but he was nevertheless persuaded that a terrible tragedy had taken place between the two brothers in connection with Christine Daae.†
Chpt Prol.nevertheless = despite that (used to connect contrasting ideas)
- Nevertheless, he did not go away, but, as though he feared lest he should be caught, he returned to his dark corner, determined to wait for the man to leave the room.†
Chpt 2 *
- Here they found the new managers, M. Armand Moncharmin and M. Firmin Richard, whom they hardly knew; nevertheless, they were lavish in protestations of friendship and received a thousand flattering compliments in reply, so that those of the guests who had feared that they had a rather tedious evening in store for them at once put on brighter faces.†
Chpt 3
- Suddenly, Raoul remembered something about a gate opening into the Rue Scribe, an underground passage running straight to the Rue Scribe from the lake ...Yes, Christine had told him about that...And, when he found that the key was no longer in the box, he nevertheless ran to the Rue Scribe.†
Chpt 15
- Nevertheless, they had been so absolutely tricked that they were bound to suffer a certain dejection.†
Chpt 16
- And nevertheless your carriage is still outside the Rotunda awaiting your orders, is it not?†
Chpt 18
- This, gentlemen, is the art of the police, which is believed to be so complicated and which, nevertheless appears so simple as soon its you see that it consists in getting your work done by people who have nothing to do with the police.†
Chpt 18
- And nevertheless the engineers had to leave a lake.†
Chpt 20
- Nevertheless, the viscount had to repeat his cry time after time.†
Chpt 22
- Yes, some wretch, whose feet were not bare like those of the victims of the rosy hours of Mazenderan, had certainly fallen into this "mortal illusion" and, mad with rage, had kicked against those mirrors which, nevertheless, continued to reflect his agony.†
Chpt 24
- Nevertheless, I had sufficient lucidity left to understand that, if the grasshopper were turned, it would hop ...and with it many members of the human race!†
Chpt 25
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)