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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“I still have a thing about yellow flowers in open fields,” she admits.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
Yes, but even the most competent 5-year-old would still run into the same problems that Bondi did.
From Slate • Apr. 3, 2026
The market for LEO-related semiconductors is still pretty small, at just $3.5 billion.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026
The Pangram analysis of “Shy Girl,” which Mr. Spero has made publicly available on his company’s website, features the book’s full text—one of the few places you can still read it after Hachette’s cancellation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
On the desk in the office, the paperwork I organized into folders is still stacked beside the computer, the book for signing out canoes still open to the last entry I recorded eleven days ago.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
