Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

but that

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 6.48 in modern English

Syllables: but that
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

conj

Except that.

Archaic

conj

Were it not that.

Archaic; Literary

conj

So that.

Archaic

conj

Following not so, an elaboration of that.

Literary

Example Sentences

"After the master of the house found there was no remedy, but that he, his wife, and his children were to be locked up with this poor distempered servant[…]"
"He would be wholly a Christian, but that he is something of an atheist, and wholly an atheist, but that he is partly a Christian; and a perfect heretic, but that there are so many to distract him."
"For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved."
"Here I found that the ship was bulged, and had a great deal of water in her hold, but that she lay so on the side of a bank of hard sand, or, rather earth, that her stern lay lifted up upon the bank, and her head low, almost to the water."
"[…]the present is not so glorious but that I should not wish to dwell a little in the past."

Usage

Questions

What does but that mean?: Except that.

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