CANNOT BUT


Meaning of CANNOT BUT in English

phrasal

1. : to be inescapably constrained to (as out of a sense of fitness or rightness) : be left with no alternative than to

an obsequiousness one cannot but feel aversion to

2. : to be bound to : be sure to : must

his personality cannot but come through in his letters

3. : to be unable to do otherwise than to

the outsider cannot but be struck by the frequent reluctance of the learned world to recognize important discoveries — Edmund Wilson

— compare but II 2b

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