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ofcourse

  1. (now rare, except inmatter of course) That is part of ordinary behaviour or custom;customary,natural.[from 16th c.]
    • 1834,L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVIII, inFrancesca Carrara. […], volume III, London:Richard Bentley, […], (successor toHenry Colburn),→OCLC,page147:
      Had Francesca grown up by his side, she would have loved him; and a thousand indulgences, the result of careless good-nature, would have linked the child to the parent, till the mutual affection would have become a thingof course.
    • 1849,Thomas Babington Macaulay,Miscellaneous Writings:
      I am not using a mere phraseof course, when I say that the feelings with which I bear a part in the ceremony of this day, are such as I find it difficult to utter in words.

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ofcourse (notcomparable)

  1. (now rare)In due course;as a matter of course, as a natural result.[from 16th c.]
  2. Naturally, as would be expected; for obvious reasons,obviously.[from 19th c.]
    Synonyms:naturally,indisputably
    Of course I know that!
    You willof course surrender all your future rights to the property.
    • 1907 August,Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter IX, inThe Younger Set, New York, N.Y.:D. Appleton & Company,→OCLC:
      “Heavens!” exclaimed Nina, “the blue-stocking and the fogy!—and yoursare pale blue, Eileen!—you’re about as self-conscious as Drina—slumping there with your hair tumblingà la Mérode! Oh, it's very picturesque,of course, but a straight spine and good grooming is better. […]”
    • 1913,Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter XIII, inMr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London:D[aniel] Appleton and Company,→OCLC:
      We tiptoed into the house, up the stairs and along the hall into the room where the Professor had been spending so much of his time. 'Twas locked,of course, but the Deacon man got a big bunch of keys out of his pocket and commenced to putter with the lock.
    • 2012, Christoper Zara,Tortured Artists: From Picasso and Monroe to Warhol and Winehouse, the Twisted Secrets of the World's Most Creative Minds, part 1, chapter 1,25:
      There were other flapper-era starlets,of course—Louise Brooks, Greta Garbo—but they were poseurs by comparison.
    • 2013 June 22, “Snakes and ladders”, inThe Economist, volume407, number8841, page76:
      Risk is everywhere. From tabloid headlines insisting that coffee causes cancer (yesterday,of course, it cured it) to stern government warnings about alcohol and driving, the world is teeming with goblins. For each one there is a frighteningly precise measurement of just how likely it is to jump from the shadows and get you.

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naturally

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ofcourse

  1. Indicates enthusiastic agreement.
    Synonyms:absolutely,certainly
    Will you come with me? —Of course!
  2. Used toacknowledgethanks; ritual reply to “thank you”.
    Synonyms:no problem,you're welcome
    Thank you! —Of course!

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indication of enthusiastic agreement
used to acknowledge thanks—see alsoyou're welcome,‎no problem
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