これまでだって似たようなものだった in this sentence


speaker was captured and is in midst of being interrogated.

> 動けない私を、延々と嬲り者にするつもりなのだろう。
>
> ゾッとしない考えだが……よくよく思い返してみれば、 **これまでだって** 似たようなものだった。
>
> ...ば, seems like more of the same things they've already done to me.

i find it difficult to relate this use of これまでだって as "even これまで" or "これまで
also" or some sort of quote.

thanks




だって is "also" here, and これまで is "so far" or "until now". It says what the
opponent is trying to do is not only seen now but also just like what it has
been so far.




だって is "also" here, and これまで is "so far" or "until now". It says what the
opponent is trying to do is not only seen now but also just like what it has
been so far.

