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Meaning of in spite of oneself | Babel Free

Adverb CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. Despite one's flaws or foibles.
    not-comparable
  2. 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.
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See also

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

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