| apparently |
| 1. adv. (archaic) Plainly; clearly; manifestly; evidently. | |
| 2. adv. Seemingly; in appearance only. | |
| A man may be apparently friendly, yet malicious in heart. | |
| 3. adv. According to what the speaker has read or heard. | |
| Apparently you are quite a good dancer. | |
| true |
| 1. adj. (of a statement) Conforming to the actual state of reality or fact; factually correct. | |
| This is a true story. | |
| 2. adj. Conforming to a rule or pattern; exact; accurate. | |
| a true copy; a true likeness of the original | |
| 3. adj. (logic) Of the state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result. | |
| "A and B" is true if and only if "A" is true and "B" is true. | |
| 4. adj. Loyal, faithful. | |
| He’s turned out to be a true friend. | |
| 5. adj. Genuine. | |
| This is true Parmesan cheese. | |
| 6. adj. Legitimate. | |
| The true king has returned! | |
| 7. adj. (of an, aim or missile in archery, shooting, golf etc.) Accurate; following a path toward the target. | |
| 8. adj. (chiefly probability) Fair, unbiased, not loaded. | |
| 9. adv. (of shooting, throwing etc) Accurately. | |
| this gun shoots true | |
| 10. n. The state of being in alignment. | |
| 11. n. (obsolete) Truth. | |
| 12. n. (obsolete) A pledge or truce. | |
| 13. v. To straighten. | |
| He trued the spokes of the bicycle wheel. | |
| 14. v. To make even, level, symmetrical, or accurate, align; adjust. | |
| We spent all night truing up the report. | |
| but |
| 1. prep. (obsolete, outside, Scotland) Outside of. | |
| Away but the hoose and tell me whae's there. | |
| 2. prep. Apart from, except (for), excluding. | |
| Everyone but Father left early. | |
| I like everything but that. | |
| Nobody answered the door when I knocked, so I had no choice but to leave. | |
| 3. adv. Merely, only, just. | |
| 4. adv. (Australian, conjunctive) Though, however. | |
| I'll have to go home early but. | |
| 5. adv. Used as an intensifier. | |
| Nobody, but nobody, crosses me and gets away with it. | |
| 6. conj. (following a negative clause or sentence) On the contrary, but rather (introducing a word or clause that contrasts with or contradicts the preceding clause or sentence without the negation). | |
| I am not rich but (I am) poor; not John but Peter went there. | |
| 7. conj. However, although, nevertheless, on the other hand (implies that the following clause is contrary to prior belief or contrasts with or contradicts the preceding clause or sentence). | |
| She is very old but still attractive. | |
| You told me I could do that, but she said that I could not. | |
| 8. conj. Except that (introducing a subordinate clause which qualifies a negative statement); also, with omission of the subject of the subordinate clause, acting as a negative relative, "except one that", "ex | |
| I cannot but feel offended. | |
| 9. conj. (archaic) Without its also being the case that; unless that (introducing a necessary concomitant). | |
| It never rains but it pours. | |
| 10. conj. (obsolete) Except with; unless with; without. | |
| 11. conj. (obsolete) Only; solely; merely. | |
| 12. conj. (obsolete) Until. | |
| 13. n. An instance or example of using the word "but". | |
| It has to be done – no ifs or buts. | |
| 14. n. (Scotland) The outer room of a small two-room cottage. | |
| 15. n. A limit; a boundary. | |
| 16. n. The end; especially the larger or thicker end, or the blunt, in distinction from the sharp, end; the butt. | |
| 17. v. (archaic) Use the word "but". | |
| But me no buts. | |
| not |
| 1. adv. Negates the meaning of the modified verb. | |
| Did you take out the trash? No, I did not. | |
| Not knowing any better, I went ahead. | |
| 2. adv. To no degree. | |
| That is not red; it's orange. | |
| 3. conj. And not. | |
| I wanted a plate of shrimp, not a bucket of chicken. | |
| He painted the car blue and black, not solid purple. | |
| 4. interj. (slang) Used to indicate that the previous phrase was meant sarcastically or ironically. | |
| I really like hanging out with my little brother watching Barney... not! | |
| Sure, you're perfect the way you are... not! | |
| 5. n. Unary logical function NOT, true if input is false, or a gate implementing that negation function. | |
| You need a not there to conform with the negative logic of the memory chip. | |
| 6. contraction. (obsolete) Contraction of ne wot, wot not; know not; knows not. | |
| necessarily |
| 1. adv. Inevitably; of necessity. | |
| It is not necessarily true that children get their morals from their parents. | |
| ostensible |
| 1. adj. Apparent, evident; meant for open display. | |
| 2. adj. Appearing as such; being such in appearance; professed, supposed (rather than demonstrably true or real). | |
| The ostensible reason for his visit to New York was to see his mother, but the real reason was to get to the Yankees game the next day. | |
