bien entendu
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of bien entendu
Literally, “well understood”
Example Sentences
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He must have thought it would answer, in one way or another, to have a gentlewoman at the head of his table; and I was not penniless, bien entendu.
From Hard Cash by Charles Reade
The bank, bien entendu, is of the past, and you, I hear, are in the far West.
From Margarita's Soul The Romantic Recollections of a Man of Fifty by J. Scott (John Scott) Williams
The Bishop had already put the suggestion, so far as it concerned him, aside with a tolerant smile, which encouraged everything from which he, bien entendu, was omitted.
From Brother Copas by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
That wasn't the way he meant to end his sentence, bien entendu.
From The Lightning Conductor Discovers America by C. N. (Charles Norris) Williamson
But five sols nine deniers the box—the nine deniers being devoted to the funds of the hospital of St. Brieuc, bien entendu!
From The Winning of the Golden Spurs by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
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