still
Usage
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Still implies that in spite of a preceding concession, something must be considered as possible or even inevitable: We have to go on foot; still (“it is probable and possible that”), we'll get there. Yet implies that in spite of a preceding concession, there is still a chance for a different outcome: We are going; yet (“in spite of all, some day”), we shall return. Nevertheless implies a concession that should not be forgotten in making a summing up: We are going; nevertheless (“do not forget that”), we shall return. But marks an opposition or contrast, though in a casual way: We are going, but we shall return. However indicates a less marked opposition, but displays a second consideration to be compared with the first: We are going; however (“notice this also”), we shall return.
Example Sentences
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Today's actuators, even the state-of-the-art ones, are still largely made from metals, hard plastics and electronics.
From BBC
"It's still very raw. I don't think there's a lot talked about it."
From BBC
"It's definitely a good start - without even playing my A performance, I still won," he told Sky Sports.
From BBC
The militant group was driven out of Syria during the campaign that toppled Assad, but it still holds sway in this pocket of northeast Lebanon, whose government has since vowed to disarm them.
From Barron's
Diaz-Canel insisted his country still had friends, which he did not name, as it confronts what he described as an "acute fuel shortage."
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
