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NOTWITHSTANDING
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Despite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession)
Example:
granted that it is dangerous, all the same I still want to go
Synonyms:
all the same; at the same time; even so; however; nevertheless; nonetheless; notwithstanding; still; withal; yet
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Context examples:
For my own part, I do not hesitate to say that, notwithstanding all the evidence produced against her, I believe and rely on her perfect innocence.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
She is rather long, notwithstanding; but by and by I hear a rustling at the door, and someone taps.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
I was undisturbed by thoughts which during the preceding year had pressed upon me, notwithstanding my endeavours to throw them off, with an invincible burden.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
We were disposed, notwithstanding Mr. Micawber's stipulation for my aunt's attendance, to arrange that she should stay at home, and be represented by Mr. Dick and me.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
I am not one of your enemies, I believed you guiltless, notwithstanding every evidence, until I heard that you had yourself declared your guilt.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
I am a sensible fellow, I believe—I believe, on looking back, I mean—and modest I am sure; but all this goes on notwithstanding.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
I did not weep, but I knelt down and with a full heart thanked my guiding spirit for conducting me in safety to the place where I hoped, notwithstanding my adversary’s gibe, to meet and grapple with him.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
I believe that I began to know that there was something about my aunt, notwithstanding her many eccentricities and odd humours, to be honoured and trusted in.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Mr. Jorkins, notwithstanding his reputation in the firm, was an easy-going, incapable sort of man, whose reputation out of doors was not calculated to back it up.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Notwithstanding the lapse of time that had occurred since Mr. Heep's decease, she still wore weeds.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
