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but

3 adverb
     
but3 S2 W3
only:
This is but one example of what can happen when things go badly wrong.
It's going to be difficult. Anyway, we can but try.
We have relationships of many different sorts - with our children, our parents, our boss and our friends, to name but a few.
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