Of course and Rather

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Of course adverb - As might be expected.

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Rather and of course are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rather" instead an adverb phrase "Of course".

Rather adverb - By choice or preference.

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Of course and rather are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Of course" instead an adverb "Rather".

Of course, being really popular and taking energy donations from millions of fans, he was actually rather powerful.

Source: Popularity Power
What is most disturbing about her, of course, is that people just like her exist in Real Life, and a number of the arguments she makes are rather similar to anti-gay rhetoric.

Source: Literature / Kitty Norville
Of course, having just defeated God (or, rather, a somewhat mechanical creature that is sort of God but not really... don't ask...), anything would be easy.

Source: Post Final Boss

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