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Answer for the clue "In spite of everything ", 9 letters:
after all

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Word definitions for after all in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
After \Aft"er\, prep. Behind in place; as, men in line one after another. ``Shut doors after you.'' --Shak. Below in rank; next to in order. --Shak. Codrus after Ph?bus sings the best. --Dryden. Later in time; subsequent; as, after supper, after ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adv. emphasizes something to be considered; "after all, she is your boss, so invite her"; "he is, after all, our president" in spite of expectations; "came to the party after all"; "it didn't rain after all"

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
" After All " is a 1960 song written by Smokey Robinson and originally recorded and released by The Miracles on the Tamla label. It was later covered as an unreleased single by The Supremes for Tamla; it was canceled in favor of the single " Buttered Popcorn ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
prep.phr. 1 (&lit after all English) 2 (context idiomatic English) anyway, in any case; (non-gloss definition: indicates a statement is true regardless of other considerations; used to reinforce or explain a point.) 3 (context idiomatic English) In the ...

Usage examples of after all.

Guy had done that had brought Faith back to Prescott after all these years.

Guy would still have been in charge, for after all, everything had belonged to him.

Even after all those years, after what he had done to her family, she was as helpless as a Pavlovian dog to stop her response to him.

Dallas might not be the right city, after all, but it was more likely that Faith had declined to be listed in the city directory.

Even after all these years, Megan still thought a dysfunctional mother was better than no mother at all.

Was Jake the reason why, after all these years, Whispering Wind was finally beginning to feel like home?

It was still difficult to believe, even after all these months, that the vampire was truly out of her life.

She was, after all, the widow of a tradesman and had been trained in the art of selling.

Not the Earl of Babidge after all, but the man who had occupied too many of her thoughts for the past weeks.

After he had eaten, he strolled through the lobby, wondering if after all he should try a cigar.

Jerry feared that his stratagem might after all be about to damage history beyond repair.

The guard got up unhurriedly out of his chair, stretched with his arms over his head, put on his hat, and with one more glance in the direction of the stagethe play seemed, after all, not such a big attractionwalked leisurely out of the auditorium.

While Jerry was wondering if he should take a short beer after all, a couple of gulps just to heal the dryness in his throat, a name was called nearby in a familiar voice.

Pilgrim had, after all, specifically enjoined him against merely warning Lincoln.

How could he betray Jessie after all she had been through and all of it because of him?