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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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I assumed no one would hear me, but, of course, they did—and called my mother.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

The strangle costs about $13.15, but of course, the actual cost of the trade is multiplied by 100, which each options contract represents.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

“It was a dictatorship that worked from a perspective of building certain legitimacy, keeping the congress functioning, but of course, after purging dissent,” explains the Brazilian historian.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

"I think that has to be recognised but, of course, the problematic part is that they are inherently anti-democratic, misogynistic and patriarchal."

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

I wanted to cry out that she was a baby still, but of course Nathan was right; she had left infancy forever.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya

but of course

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