Definition of "matter-of-course" [matter-of-course]

• Proceeding as a natural consequence; following naturally as a thing to be expected or about which there can be no question.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Maybe the mayor-elect wrote this way because he actually sees this thing, this election of these two women, this way: just a matter-of-course."
• "White Americans of my age and experience had and have to confront those racial prejudices imbibed as a matter-of-course, before we knew we were imbibing them."
• "Thus giving the rest of the world the impression that it's soupy down here, as a matter-of-course."