n.
Function: adverb
Date: 12th century
1 : ONLY , MERELY <he is but a child>
2 Scottish : OUTSIDE
3 : to the contrary <who knows but that she may succeed>
4 ― used as an intensive <get there but fast>
n.
Function: adverb
Date: 12th century
1 : ONLY , MERELY <he is but a child>
2 Scottish : OUTSIDE
3 : to the contrary <who knows but that she may succeed>
4 ― used as an intensive <get there but fast>
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012