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of course
Certainly, as in Of course I'll answer the phone , or Are you going to the meeting?—Of course . [Early 1800s] Also see matter of course .
In the customary or expected order, naturally, as in The new minister did not, of course, fire the church secretary . This usage, first recorded in 1548, employs course in the sense of “ordinary procedure.”
Example Sentences
Not at himself, of course, but at us, at society as a whole, for allowing him to get to this point.
But then, of course, I suppose she’s also like him, all that stuff, blah, blah, blah.
And not only for the fame and fortune, which of course I’ve never gotten back to that level since.
"Confidence and supply relationships we will of course consider with anybody if it's the right thing to do," he said.
"We're bringing a lot of new flavours to the table, but of course we're all in love with the original material, so we've been faithful to our cast of characters," she said.
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