In spite of
prep
prep ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Preposition
- 1 Despite, irrespective of, notwithstanding. idiomatic
"No evening I had passed at Bly had the portentous quality of this one; in spite of which—and in spite also of the deeper depths of consternation that had opened beneath my feet—there was literally, in the ebbing actual, an extraordinarily sweet sadness."
Example
More examples"No evening I had passed at Bly had the portentous quality of this one; in spite of which—and in spite also of the deeper depths of consternation that had opened beneath my feet—there was literally, in the ebbing actual, an extraordinarily sweet sadness."