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Meaning of in spite of oneself | Babel Free

Adverb CEFR C2

Definitions

Despite one's flaws or foibles.
not-comparable
Against one's initial plan or desire.
not-comparable

Examples

“I laughed in spite of myself as the crying child told me how he had accidentally sat on a cactus.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

in state in statu quo in terrorem in that case in the distance in the flower of one's youth