meaning of the following sentences

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meaning of the following sentences

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What is the meaning of the below usage?

He was brilliant, though.
She speaks too much, though.

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Re: meaning of the following sentences

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'Though' functions here as an adverb, meaning 'however'. It is a common, colloquial usage of the word.
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