still (adv.)
→
nevertheless
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | English | |
| Lexeme | still | |
| Meaning 1 | up to and including the present or the time mentioned; even now (or then) as formerly | He still lives with his mother. It was still raining |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | nevertheless; all the same | I'm afraid he's crazy. Still, he's harmless |
| Reference | ODE | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | French | |
| Lexeme | toujours | |
| Meaning 1 | still (adv.) | Je ne suis toujours pas satisfait. I am still not satisfied. |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | nevertheless | − On ne va pas sortir, regarde cette pluie! − C'est comme tu voudras, toujours est-il que tu es bien sorti l'autre jour par une pluie battante. – We will not go out, look at this rain ! – As you wish, however the other day you went out in the pouring rain. |
| Reference | CNRTL | |
| Comment | The second meaning is only realized in the construction "Toujours est-il que..." | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Spanish | |
| Lexeme | todavía | |
| Meaning 1 | still (adv.) | Está durmiendo todavía. |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | nevertheless | Es muy ingrato, pero todavía quiero yo hacerle bien |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | ||