Meaning of 当然のように


I can understand the usage of 当然のように if it was used e.g. to describe the way
that someone said something, but I do not quite understand how to interpret it
in the below. What is the difference in nuance that it adds to the fact that
there was so response?

「そもそもお前、爆睡していなかったか？」 食前にも一応声を掛けてるんだが、 **当然のように** 返事はなかった。




当然のように in this sentence means "naturally" or "unsurprisingly" (used as a
[sentence
adverb](https://web.archive.org/web/20220825043950/https://www.lexico.com/grammar/sentence-
adverbs)).

> …が、当然のように返事はなかった。  
>  ..., but, unsurprisingly, there was no response (at that point).

当然のように also means "as if it were a matter of course" or "as if it were nothing
to him/her", especially when it modifies 言う or similar verbs.




当然のように in this sentence means "naturally" or "unsurprisingly" (used as a
[sentence
adverb](https://web.archive.org/web/20220825043950/https://www.lexico.com/grammar/sentence-
adverbs)).

> …が、当然のように返事はなかった。  
>  ..., but, unsurprisingly, there was no response (at that point).

当然のように also means "as if it were a matter of course" or "as if it were nothing
to him/her", especially when it modifies 言う or similar verbs.

