Meaning of even so | Babel Free

Definitions

1. In spite of that (preceding a remark (or fact) within a given discourse).
   not-comparable
2. Exactly thus: in exactly such a manner (as said or surmised); of precisely such a nature; precisely so.
   archaic, not-comparable

Equivalents

Examples

“The colors are a bit bright. Even so, I love this room's design.”

“"Why not? What's wrong with rabbits? Are they any worse than a neurotic, revolutionary humanity, full of nervous hate?" "But we're not rabbits, even so," said Hammond.”

“[T]he American Airlines pilots union softened its stand and offered to accept lower wages for flying smaller "regional jets." Even so, airline management rejected the offer.”

“But reform legislation enacted in 2010 . . . created a system of subsidies to help families pay for coverage. Even so, insurance doesn’t come cheap.”

“Near-synonym: just so”

“—You don't mean to tell me that you're the very man whom they've been seeking? —Even so. 'Tis I.”

“Pistol: Trail'st thou the puissant pike? King Henry V: Even so. What are you?”

“"I am thankful that […] no syllable of rude verse has ever profaned my lips." "You have, then, limited your efforts to sacred song?" "Even so. As the psalms of David exceed all other language, so does the psalmody that has been fitted to them by the divines and sages of the land, surpass all vain poetry. Happily, I may say, that I utter nothing but the thoughts and the wishes of the King of Israel himself […]"”

“"Hester! Hester Prynne!", said he; "is it thou? Art thou in life?" "Even so," she answered.”

“He may be thought inconsistent, and even so he is.”

“What a strange thing, I mused, was this smoking, that takes a man suddenly, be he in the court, the camp, or the grove, grips him like an Afreet, and whirls him off to do its imperious behests! Would it be even so with myself, I wondered, in those unknown grown-up years to come?”

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