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

I passed my eye instead--smiling, bien entendu--round the ring of waiting faces, saw that there was no one except De Pombal I had cause to fear; and then at last I rose and looked at the fool with the grim face I have known impose on older and wiser men.

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"Yes, it is me—Guillaume Elbel, bien entendu!"

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But it is with the nineteenth century, which, bien entendu, was born intellectually a few years before its numerical date, that Dante becomes a power in English literature.

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She has it to this day; only I’ve become indifferent; I’ve been so pinched and pushed—morally speaking, bien entendu. 

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She could always be called upon to sit up with a sick child, provided—bien entendu—that she was permitted to administer her own simple medicines.

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