bien entendu

[ bya nahn-tahn-dy ]

adverb

, French.

1. naturally; of course.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bien entendu¹

Literally, “well understood”

Example Sentences

It makes and unmakes reputation, for the time being bien entendu; it even makes and unmakes patriots themselves.

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I threw myself on the bed with my clothes on (bien entendu), and was fast asleep in five minutes.

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That wasn't the way he meant to end his sentence, bien entendu.

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Seedy clerks hustled past portly merchants—not their own masters, bien entendu, but those of other seedy clerks.

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But five sols nine deniers the box—the nine deniers being devoted to the funds of the hospital of St. Brieuc, bien entendu!

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