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accordingly
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adv 1: (sentence connectors) because of the reason given;
"consequently, he didn't do it"; "continued to have
severe headaches and accordingly returned to the doctor"
[syn: consequently, accordingly]
2: in accordance with; "she acted accordingly"
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adversity
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n 1: a state of misfortune or affliction; "debt-ridden farmers
struggling with adversity"; "a life of hardship" [syn:
adversity, hardship, hard knocks]
2: a stroke of ill fortune; a calamitous event; "a period marked
by adversities"
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artery
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n 1: a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the
body [syn: artery, arteria, arterial blood vessel]
2: a major thoroughfare that bears important traffic
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artistry
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n 1: a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice
and observation; "the art of conversation"; "it's quite an
art" [syn: art, artistry, prowess]
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assertively
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adv 1: in an assertive manner; "`I will take care of my own
life,' she said assertively" [ant: unassertively]
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diversity
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n 1: noticeable heterogeneity; "a diversity of possibilities";
"the range and variety of his work is amazing" [syn:
diverseness, diversity, multifariousness, variety]
2: the condition or result of being changeable
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fraternity
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n 1: a social club for male undergraduates [syn: fraternity,
frat]
2: people engaged in a particular occupation; "the medical
fraternity" [syn: brotherhood, fraternity, sodality]
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furtively
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adv 1: in a furtive manner; "the soldiers were furtively
crawling through the night" [syn: furtively, on the
sly]
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garlicky
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adj 1: relating to or tasting or smelling of garlic; "garlicky
sauce"
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guardedly
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adv 1: in a conservative manner; "we estimated the number of
demonstrators conservatively at 200,000." [syn:
conservatively, cautiously, guardedly]
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heartily
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adv 1: with gusto and without reservation; "the boy threw
himself heartily into his work"
2: in a hearty manner; "`Yes,' the children chorused heartily";
"We welcomed her warmly" [syn: heartily, cordially,
warmly]
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heatedly
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adv 1: in a heated manner; "`To say I am behind the strike is so
much nonsense,' declared Mr Harvey heatedly"; "the
children were arguing hotly" [syn: heatedly, hotly]
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imperfectly
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adv 1: in an imperfect or faulty way; "The lobe was imperfectly
developed"; "Miss Bennet would not play at all amiss if
she practiced more"- Jane Austen [syn: imperfectly,
amiss] [ant: perfectly]
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infirmity
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n 1: the state of being weak in health or body (especially from
old age) [syn: infirmity, frailty, debility,
feebleness, frailness, valetudinarianism]
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markedly
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adv 1: in a clearly noticeable manner; "sales of luxury cars
dropped markedly"
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maternity
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n 1: the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to
birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus
[syn: pregnancy, gestation, maternity]
2: the kinship relation between an offspring and the mother
[syn: motherhood, maternity]
3: the quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth
and affection of or befitting a mother; "the girl's
motherliness made her invaluable in caring for the children"
[syn: motherliness, maternalism, maternal quality,
maternity]
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mercifully
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adv 1: in a compassionate manner; "he dealt with the thief
mercifully"
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partially
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adv 1: in part; in some degree; not wholly; "I felt partly to
blame"; "He was partially paralyzed" [syn: partially,
partly, part] [ant: all, altogether,
completely, entirely, totally, whole, wholly]
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paternity
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n 1: the state of being a father; "tests were conducted to
determine paternity"
2: the kinship relation between an offspring and the father
[syn: fatherhood, paternity]
3: the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing; "the
authorship of the theory is disputed" [syn: authorship,
paternity]
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perfidy
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n 1: betrayal of a trust [syn: perfidy, perfidiousness,
treachery]
2: an act of deliberate betrayal [syn: treachery, betrayal,
treason, perfidy]
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scarcity
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n 1: a small and inadequate amount [syn: scarcity,
scarceness] [ant: abundance, copiousness,
teemingness]
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sportingly
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adv 1: so as to be sporting; in a sporting manner [ant:
unsportingly]
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surgically
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adv 1: in a surgical manner; by means of surgery; "surgically
removed"
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varsity
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n 1: a British abbreviation of `university'; usually refers to
Oxford University or Cambridge University
2: a team representing a college or university [syn: varsity,
first team]
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hearted
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started
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