Nevertheless
[nevəðə'les] or [,nɛvɚðə'lɛs]
Definition
(adv. / conj.) Not the less; notwithstanding; in spite of that; yet.
Inputed by Gavin
Synonyms and Synonymous
ad. However, notwithstanding, not at all the less.
Typist: Melville
Examples
- Nevertheless the idea of Plato is not easily put into practice. Plato. The Republic.
- Nevertheless I was always prepared to take advantage of them in case they did. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- But they were in the church, nevertheless--they were in one of the transepts. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- But he understood a good deal of what was said, nevertheless. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Nevertheless, these central regions of the world remain central, and their welfare and participation is necessary to the permanent peace of mankind. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Nevertheless, if such be your least offer, I must be content. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Nevertheless, his intrepid adversary prepared to close for the thirteenth time. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- You have rather cast me off lately, Jo, but I've had the best of help, nevertheless. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Nevertheless before the evening was at an end she was very happy. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Nevertheless, Mrs Plornish, with a pardonable vanity in that accomplishment of hers which made her all but Italian, stepped in as interpreter. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- In mountainous regions, the topography of the land prevents the elimination of all steep grades, but nevertheless the attempt is always made to follow the easiest grades. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- It was condescension, nevertheless, said Eustacia vehemently. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Nevertheless, Manich?ism held its own in Persia with Nestorian Christianity and orthodox Zoroastrianism (Mazdaism) for some centuries. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It was only what he had been expecting to hear at any time during the months of his work, but nevertheless he was amazed when he did catch the sound. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- I ought not to have been surprised, I ought not to have been sorry, but I was surprised and sorry, nevertheless. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- You, sir, thought fit to withdraw your interests from that keeping nevertheless and to offer them to me. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Nevertheless she was glad in hope, glorious and free, full of life and liberty. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He had been treated hardly and suffered, and he became hard; nevertheless he stands out in history as a man of rare, unblemished honesty. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Nevertheless, thou art my guest, and I will not put thy manhood to the proof without thine own free will. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Yet his account of the Eightfold Path is, nevertheless, within these limitations, profoundly wise. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Nevertheless, the first word Fred said to Mary was-- It is of no use, whatever I do, Mary. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Nevertheless, in her new humiliating uncertainty she dared do nothing but comply. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Nevertheless, whatever the cause may be, I am truly sorry to see you so changed, and so melancholy. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Nevertheless, low and simple forms will long endure if well fitted for their simple conditions of life. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- But she knew he would do things for her, nevertheless, he would see her through. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Nevertheless, I may be allowed, I hope, to congratulate you—which I do with all my soul, I assure you—on your not having sustained a greater loss. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- But he caught it, nevertheless. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- True, he had seen pictures in his books of men with great masses of hair upon lip and cheek and chin, but, nevertheless, Tarzan was afraid. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- I could see no cause for any uneasiness or any doubt, but she had made me a little uneasy, and a little doubtful, nevertheless. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Nevertheless it was abominably provoking. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
Typist: Melville