THEN AGAIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does then again mean? 

• THEN AGAIN (adverb)
  The adverb THEN AGAIN has 1 sense:

1. (contrastive) from another point of view

  Familiarity information: THEN AGAIN used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THEN AGAIN (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(contrastive) from another point of view

Synonyms:

on the other hand; then again

Context example:

then again, she might not go

 Context examples 

Then again, you may not notice this aspect at all if all your social ties are strong and supportive.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Chandra first observed GK Persei in February 2000 and then again in November 2013.

("Mini Supernova" Explosion Could Have Big Impact, NASA)

Then again a few seconds of silent tension, when Wilson led viciously at the head, but Harrison took it on his forearm, smiling and nodding at his opponent.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Then again for the money I have earned and am earning.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Then again came the prod of his instinct and the warning of past experience.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Then again the kindly influence ceased to act—I found myself fettered again to grief and indulging in all the misery of reflection.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

I had some fear—or hope—that here I should die: but I was soon up; crawling forwards on my hands and knees, and then again raised to my feet—as eager and as determined as ever to reach the road.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

But then again, the dread of having been too civil, too encouraging herself, probably came over her, for she presently added, Do you not think they are something in Miss Morton's style of painting, Ma'am?

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

These two planets, Neptune and Jupiter, will be in perfect alignment this month on February 20, and then again on July 27 and October 12.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Then again, each day was so many hours long, and, since he no longer was occupied with writing and studying, those hours had to be occupied somehow; so he yielded to what was to him a whim, permitted interviews, gave his opinions on literature and philosophy, and even accepted invitations of the bourgeoisie.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)