bien entendu
[ bya nahn-tahn-dy ]
adverbFrench.
naturally; of course.
Origin of bien entendu
1Literally, “well understood”
Words Nearby bien entendu
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How to use bien entendu in a sentence
It makes and unmakes reputation, for the time being bien entendu; it even makes and unmakes patriots themselves.
The Chainbearer | J. Fenimore CooperI threw myself on the bed with my clothes on (bien entendu), and was fast asleep in five minutes.
Three Months in the Southern States, April-June 1863 | Arthur J. L. (Lieut.-Col.) FremantleThat wasn't the way he meant to end his sentence, bien entendu.
The Lightning Conductor Discovers America | C. N. (Charles Norris) Williamson and A. M. (Alice Muriel) WilliamsonSeedy clerks hustled past portly merchants—not their own masters, bien entendu, but those of other seedy clerks.
The Slave Of The Lamp | Henry Seton MerrimanBut five sols nine deniers the box—the nine deniers being devoted to the funds of the hospital of St. Brieuc, bien entendu!
The Winning of the Golden Spurs | Percy F. Westerman
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