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Adverb(1) and nothing more

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(1) there was nothing to do but wait(2) I would have liked to have had a longer deal but the get out clauses were prohibitive.(3) you can't but admire her(4) in Texas, we were never anything but poor(5) It never rains but it pours.(6) It's going to be a long road, but shinty has no alternative but to keep right on to the end.(7) this is one principle, but it is not the only one(8) he did it quickly but well(9) a popular but, in my opinion, an over-rated book(10) they had no alternative but to follow(11) if we had but known this(12) This is what I love about science: anybody but anybody can become involved at least in trying to understand what it is saying!(13) She also said that she would have no alternative but to contact my family if I didn't seek help.(14) supply currently exceeds demand in all but the most rural areas(15) Aden was a year older than herself and she never saw him as anything else but her goofy nerd friend.(16) It was deserted and I didn't see a soul, but I did stumble across a bunch of Red Deer in a meadow.
Related Words
(1) last but not least
(2) but also
(3) but now
(4) but still
(5) but then
(6) but not
(7) but what
(8) all but
(9) but for
(10) but rather
Synonyms
Adverb
1. only
2. just
3. simply
5. no more than
6. nothing but
7. a mere


Conjunction
8. yet
9. nevertheless
10. nonetheless
11. even so
12. however
13. still
14. notwithstanding
15. despite that
16. in spite of that
17. for all that
18. all the same
19. just the same
20. though
21. although


Preposition
23. apart from
24. other than
25. besides
26. aside from
27. with the exception of
28. bar
31. leaving out
33. saving


📺 Word Example from TV Shows

- But it's the middle of the night.
- The Lannisters have spies everywhere.

- BUT it's the middle of the night. - The Lannisters have spies everywhere.

Game of Thrones Season 1, Episode 8


Stannis is my king, but he's only a man.

Stannis is my king, BUT he's only a man.

Game of Thrones Season 2, Episode 2


but I sat through <i>Iron Man 2.</i>

BUT I sat through Iron Man 2.

The Big Bang Theory Season 7, Episode 14


Neither did the Egyptians,
but that didn't stop Rommel.

Neither did the Egyptians, BUT that didn't stop Rommel.

The Big Bang Theory Season 11, Episode 16


But it'd make the present so much nicer.

BUT it'd make the present so much nicer.

The Big Bang Theory Season 1, Episode 14


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