Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
You use ~ to indicate that you think something is very obvious and not at all surprising in the circumstances.
When things go wrong, all of us ~ feel disappointed and frustrated...
Naturally these comings and goings excited some curiosity...
He had been stunned and, ~, deeply upset...
ADV: ADV before v, ADV with cl, ADV adj
2.
If one thing develops ~ from another, it develops as a normal consequence or result of it.
A study of yoga leads ~ to meditation.
= logically
ADV: ADV after v
3.
You can use ~ to talk about a characteristic of someone’s personality when it is the way that they normally act.
He has a lively sense of humour and appears ~ confident.
ADV: ADV adj
4.
If someone is ~ good at something, they learn it easily and quickly and do it very well.
Some individuals are ~ good communicators.
ADV: ADV adj
5.
If something comes ~ to you, you find it easy to do and quickly become good at it.
With football, it was just something that came ~ to me.
PHRASE: V inflects, usu PHR to n