but of course

ADVERB

naturally

Synonyms

STRONGEST

commonly consistently easily generally instinctively normally simply spontaneously typically uniformly usually

WEAK

artlessly by birth by nature candidly casually characteristically customarily freely genuinely habitually impulsively informally innocently openly ordinarily readily unaffectedly unpretentiously

Antonyms

STRONGEST

difficultly unusually

WEAK

affectedly unnaturally

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but of course

"A lot was promised to us, but of course we have received nothing yet."

From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026

It has the same ingredients — from beef to xanthan gum — but of course the inputs, such as property rates and labor costs, vary widely from country to country.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026

All of these recipes call for store-bought chicken stock but, of course, you can use homemade stock, too.

From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026

I can still enjoy it like a fan now, but of course I think like a manager when I am covering games as a pundit.

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026

Powers describes these as ‘purported’ experiments, but of course they were real.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

but of course

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