The word "albeit" is a adverb meaning "although; even though" and is used to introduce a statement that makes a contrasting point.
It is often used in written English, especially in formal contexts. For example: "The rules of the game are strict, albeit harsh."
My next conversation with a local brought a similar, albeit harsher, response, directing me to his website that in no uncertain terms told tourists not to bother visiting the island and if they do to, basically, go swim with the sharks.
While Disney and Viacom have expressed no particular interest in an overseas broadcaster, AOL Time Warner has—albeit in less harsh economic times declared ambitious overseas expansion plans.
In the Gibson household, for example, 15-year-old twins cannot stop assaulting their mother, albeit with harsh language rather than their fists.
At Chai Feng, the woman with the clipboard -- the owner, Maggie Zheng -- is actually benevolent, albeit in a harsh way.
Its defeat in the 1980s, albeit with a harsh recession, was a major triumph that we shouldn't have to repeat.
Having experienced a number of major historical scandals, India's citizenry has a fairly harsh — albeit somewhat selective — view on corruption, and Crabtree believes that if Facebook or others were to face blame for any alleged misconduct, the potential fallout from a political, regulatory and public opinion standpoint could be devastating.
Amazing how we can do the wrong thing by trying to do a right thing, but travel is a teacher, albeit occasionally a harsh one.
And yet, I hope that when we look back on the cinema of 2013, and particularly on the career of Leonardo DiCaprio, we will see that while "Wolf" might contain the most energy and wild abandon he has ever given a character, his gentle, measured performance as Gatsby (albeit wrapped in a harsh, garish film) was as worthy a contribution to the screen.
He grew up in liberal Denmark but his forebears on one side came from the Comoros Islands; so he has close kin who practise Islam, albeit not of the harsh, intolerant variety which seems to be gaining ground in the Middle East.Mr Mchangama was shocked in particular by two of the recent global rows over perceived insults to Islam.
In this respect, Xi is a true disciple of Deng Xiaoping, albeit in these less harsh, more tempered times.
