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- He said, nevertheless, after a moment, "You ought to leave him.†
p. 59.2nevertheless = despite that (used to connect contrasting ideas)
- But people who were not superior were, nevertheless, extremely lonely— and unable to break out of their solitude precisely because they had no equipment with which to enter it.†
p. 60.8
- Nevertheless, no one made any effort to talk to him and an almost imperceptible glaze came over their eyes whenever they looked in his direction.†
p. 62.1
- There remained at the bottom of his mind, nevertheless, a numb speculation as to why this question should make him angry.†
p. 64.6 *
- They continued to walk, nevertheless, aimlessly, in silence.†
p. 124.3
- And, nevertheless, in spite of all this daring, this running of risks, the misadventures which had actually befallen him had been banal indeed and might have befallen him anywhere.†
p. 132.9
- The atmosphere between them stiffened a little, nevertheless, with their knowledge of why he had allowed his career in New York to lapse for so long.†
p. 235.5
- Ida and Ellis, thrust hastily to the back of his mind, were, nevertheless, dimly accomplishing their unspeakable violations of his manhood.†
p. 271.6
- He seemed to be made of rubber, and seemed, indeed, to be fleeing from the controversy which raged around him—in which, nevertheless, he was fatally involved.†
p. 329.9
- The nose was flaring and slightly pug, more bone, nevertheless, than flesh.†
p. 330.4
- Nevertheless, he dreamed of a baby boy who had Ida's mouth and eyes and forehead, his hair, only curlier, his build, their color.†
p. 341.5
- Her sex, which afforded him his entry, would nevertheless remain strange to him, an incitement and an anguish, and an everlasting mystery.†
p. 385.7
- He had used her in the hope of avoiding a confrontation with himself which he had, nevertheless, and with a vengeance, been forced to endure.†
p. 404.9
- And, nevertheless, for a moment, he could not touch her, he did not know how.†
p. 426.9
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)