still
Usage
What are other ways to say still?
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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"This is false. I still don’t know what was in that executive order and the President only spoke to me after declining to sign," he wrote.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
Remember the people who are still pulling these scams are the ones who have been making it work.
From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026
A still more comprehensive measure is looking at the share of the population that is working.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
“And I think that that’s still happening now.”
From Salon • May 22, 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
Vocabulary lists containing still
Lessons 2–4
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