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likevel

adverbadverb

nevertheless · after all · anyway

EtymologyOpphav

etter lavtysk likewol ‘like fullt’ after Low German likewol ‘all the same’

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

ikke desto mindre, like fullt;
jamfør allikevelanyway, nevertheless, all the same
nonetheless, still;
compare allikevelanyway, nevertheless, all the same
  • hun sover hele natta, likevel er hun trett om morgenen she sleeps all night, yet she's tired in the morning
  • det var sant likevel it was true after all
  • du greier det nok likevel you'll manage it anyway