Though
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Definition
(adv.) (postpositive) however; 'it might be unpleasant, though'.
Typed by Irwin--From WordNet
Definition
(conj.) Granting, admitting, or supposing that; notwithstanding that; if.
(adv.) However; nevertheless; notwithstanding; -- used in familiar language, and in the middle or at the end of a sentence.
Checker: Shari
Synonyms and Synonymous
conj. [1]. Although, granting, admitting, allowing, notwithstanding that.[2]. However, yet, nevertheless.
Typist: Marvin
Definition
conj. admitting: allowing: even if notwithstanding.
Typist: Stacey
Examples
- Permit me to mention one little instance, which, though it relates to myself, will not be quite uninteresting to you. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Reply: I fancy, though we never met, that you and I are in fact acquainted, and understand each other perfectly. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- But though the Mongols were victorious at Liegnitz, they did not continue their drive westward. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The world of sense is still depreciated and identified with opinion, though admitted to be a shadow of the true. Plato. The Republic.
- Aye, very true, my dear, cried the latter, though Jane had not spoken a wordI was just going to say the same thing. Jane Austen. Emma.
- There was a pleased bustle all though the Shelby mansion, that day, in expectation of the arrival of young Mas'r George. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- How about the irreclaimable ones, though? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- I didn't think he'd ha' done it, though--I didn't think he'd ha' done it! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Monstrous nice girl, 'pon my honour, though, Osborne, he was good enough to add. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He brought out his sentences in short violent jerks, as though they were forced up from a deep inner crater of indignation. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- I'll crack _my_ whip about their ear'n, afore they bring it to that, though, said Hiram, while Mr. Solomon, shaking his bridle, moved onward. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I don't defend poor Stanislas, though he has always called me his best friend. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- But he came regularly every evening and sat without his coat, with his head against the wall, as though he would have helped us if he had known how. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I'm a'most glad on it, though they was so poor! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- But though she had _seen_ all the members of the family, she had not yet _heard_ all the noise they could make. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- I needed no second permission; though I was by this time in such a state of consternation and agitation, that my legs shook under me. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Though he wore the metal of Zodanga, my Jeddak, such a man was never seen before in this or any other country upon Barsoom. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- The capital of the country, though it might nominally be the same, would really be augmented. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Certainly; she is fonder of geraniums, and seems more docile, though not so fine a figure. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Clara, though she endeavoured to give herself up to his amusement, often forgot him, as she turned to observe Adrian and me. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- He had hardly made the determination (though he was not long about it), when he was again as suddenly brought up as he had been by the stoppage. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- He was highly delighted, and the exchange was made, much, I believe, to the annoyance of Mr. Elliston, though I knew not why it grieved him. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- But one must not expect every thing; though I suppose it would be no difficult matter to widen them. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- I like to hear them, though, I dare say, I spoke as if I was annoyed. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Mr. Bhaer saw the drops on her cheeks, though she turned her head away. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- At any rate, it was more like a hearse than any thing else, though to speak by the card, it was a gondola. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I spect they's the kind, though they han't never had no practice. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- She heard no noise, though the housemaid came in to arrange the room. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- That would have served me right, though. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- That bridge, though of different material, was in its principle of construction similar to the iron tubular bridges at Conway and at the Menai Straits. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
Typist: Stacey