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Adverb CEFR C2

Definitions

Synonym of for some reason.

not-comparable

Examples

“In 1951, when many people, both patients and doctors, thought that the newly discovered cortisone of Philip Hench was the therapeutic answer⟳ to this disease but were for one reason⟳ or another unable to obtain⟳ it, a paper from Sweden stated that similar results could be obtained by injections of deoxycortone (Doca) and ascorbic acid.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

for openers for pity's sake for real for real and for true for reals for realsies

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