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abnormally
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adv 1: in an abnormal manner; "they were behaving abnormally";
"his blood pressure was abnormally low"
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abysmally
0
adv 1: in a terrible manner; "she sings terribly" [syn:
terribly, atrociously, awfully, abominably,
abysmally, rottenly]
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accidentally
0
adv 1: without advance planning; "they met accidentally" [syn:
by chance, accidentally, circumstantially,
unexpectedly] [ant: advisedly, by choice, by
design, deliberately, designedly, intentionally,
on purpose, purposely]
2: of a minor or subordinate nature; "these magnificent
achievements were only incidentally influenced by Oriental
models" [syn: incidentally, accidentally]
3: without intention; in an unintentional manner; "she hit him
unintentionally" [syn: unintentionally, accidentally]
[ant: advisedly, by choice, by design, deliberately,
designedly, intentionally, on purpose, purposely]
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aerie
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n 1: the lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle)
[syn: aerie, aery, eyrie, eyry]
2: any habitation at a high altitude [syn: aerie, aery,
eyrie, eyry]
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airy
0
adj 1: open to or abounding in fresh air; "airy rooms" [syn:
aired, airy]
2: not practical or realizable; speculative; "airy theories
about socioeconomic improvement"; "visionary schemes for
getting rich" [syn: airy, impractical, visionary,
Laputan, windy]
3: having little or no perceptible weight; so light as to
resemble air; "airy gauze curtains"
4: characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as
impalpable or intangible as air; "figures light and aeriform
come unlooked for and melt away"- Thomas Carlyle; "aerial
fancies"; "an airy apparition"; "physical rather than
ethereal forms" [syn: aeriform, aerial, airy, aery,
ethereal]
-
alimentary
0
adj 1: of or providing nourishment; "good nourishing stew" [syn:
alimentary, alimental, nourishing, nutrient,
nutritious, nutritive]
-
anomaly
0
n 1: deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule
[syn: anomaly, anomalousness]
2: a person who is unusual [syn: anomaly, unusual person]
3: (astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular
distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun)
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balmily
0
adv 1: in a mildly insane manner; "the old lady is beginning to
behave quite dottily" [syn: daftly, dottily,
balmily, nuttily, wackily]
-
baptistery
0
n 1: bowl for baptismal water [syn: baptismal font,
baptistry, baptistery, font]
-
bawdily
0
adv 1: in a bawdy manner
-
beggarly
0
adj 1: marked by poverty befitting a beggar; "a beggarly
existence in the slums"; "a mean hut" [syn: beggarly,
mean]
2: (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve
contempt [syn: beggarly, mean]
-
benedictory
0
adj 1: expressing benediction [syn: benedictory,
benedictive]
-
blistery
0
adj 1: hot enough to raise (or as if to raise) blisters;
"blistering sun" [syn: blistering, blistery]
2: covered with small blisters [syn: blebby, blistery]
-
bloodily
0
adv 1: involving a great bloodshed [ant: bloodlessly]
-
blustery
0
adj 1: blowing in violent and abrupt bursts; "blustering (or
blusterous) winds of Patagonia"; "a cold blustery day";
"a gusty storm with strong sudden rushes of wind" [syn:
blustering(a), blusterous, blustery]
2: noisily domineering; tending to browbeat others [syn:
blustery, bullying]
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bodily
0
adv 1: in bodily form; "he was translated bodily to heaven"
adj 1: of or relating to or belonging to the body; "a bodily
organ"; "bodily functions"
2: affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the
mind or spirit; "bodily needs"; "a corporal defect";
"corporeal suffering"; "a somatic symptom or somatic illness"
[syn: bodily, corporal, corporeal, somatic]
3: having or relating to a physical material body; "bodily
existence"
-
broccoli
0
n 1: plant with dense clusters of tight green flower buds [syn:
broccoli, Brassica oleracea italica]
2: branched green undeveloped flower heads
-
calefactory
0
adj 1: serving to heat; "a heating pad is calefactory" [syn:
calefactory, calefactive]
-
canary
0
adj 1: having the color of a canary; of a light to moderate
yellow [syn: canary, canary-yellow]
n 1: someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police [syn:
fink, snitch, snitcher, stoolpigeon, stool
pigeon, stoolie, sneak, sneaker, canary]
2: a female singer
3: a moderate yellow with a greenish tinge [syn: canary
yellow, canary]
4: any of several small Old World finches [syn: canary,
canary bird]
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carry
0
n 1: the act of carrying something
v 1: move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's
hands or on one's body; "You must carry your camping gear";
"carry the suitcases to the car"; "This train is carrying
nuclear waste"; "These pipes carry waste water into the
river" [syn: transport, carry]
2: have with oneself; have on one's person; "She always takes an
umbrella"; "I always carry money"; "She packs a gun when she
goes into the mountains" [syn: carry, pack, take]
3: transmit or serve as the medium for transmission; "Sound
carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound";
"Many metals conduct heat" [syn: impart, conduct,
transmit, convey, carry, channel]
4: serve as a means for expressing something; "The painting of
Mary carries motherly love"; "His voice carried a lot of
anger" [syn: carry, convey, express]
5: bear or be able to bear the weight, pressure,or
responsibility of; "His efforts carried the entire project";
"How many credits is this student carrying?"; "We carry a
very large mortgage"
6: support or hold in a certain manner; "She holds her head
high"; "He carried himself upright" [syn: hold, carry,
bear]
7: contain or hold; have within; "The jar carries wine"; "The
canteen holds fresh water"; "This can contains water" [syn:
hold, bear, carry, contain]
8: extend to a certain degree; "carry too far"; "She carries her
ideas to the extreme"
9: continue or extend; "The civil war carried into the
neighboring province"; "The disease extended into the remote
mountain provinces" [syn: carry, extend]
10: be necessarily associated with or result in or involve;
"This crime carries a penalty of five years in prison"
11: win in an election; "The senator carried his home state"
12: include, as on a list; "How many people are carried on the
payroll?"
13: behave in a certain manner; "She carried herself well"; "he
bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well
during these difficult times" [syn: behave, acquit,
bear, deport, conduct, comport, carry]
14: have on hand; "Do you carry kerosene heaters?" [syn:
stock, carry, stockpile]
15: include as the content; broadcast or publicize; "We ran the
ad three times"; "This paper carries a restaurant review";
"All major networks carried the press conference" [syn:
carry, run]
16: propel, "Carry the ball"; "dribble the ball" [syn:
dribble, carry]
17: pass on a communication; "The news was carried to every
village in the province"
18: have as an inherent or characteristic feature or have as a
consequence; "This new washer carries a two year guarantee";
"The loan carries a high interest rate"; "this undertaking
carries many dangers"; "She carries her mother's genes";
"These bonds carry warrants"; "The restaurant carries an
unusual name"
19: be conveyed over a certain distance; "Her voice carries very
well in this big opera house"
20: keep up with financial support; "The Federal Government
carried the province for many years"
21: have or possess something abstract; "I carry her image in my
mind's eye"; "I will carry the secret to my grave"; "I carry
these thoughts in the back of my head"; "I carry a lot of
life insurance"
22: be equipped with (a mast or sail); "This boat can only carry
a small sail"
23: win approval or support for; "Carry all before one"; "His
speech did not sway the voters" [syn: carry, persuade,
sway]
24: compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own
performance; "I resent having to carry her all the time"
25: take further or advance; "carry a cause"
26: have on the surface or on the skin; "carry scars"
27: capture after a fight; "The troops carried the town after a
brief fight"
28: transfer (entries) from one account book to another [syn:
post, carry]
29: transfer (a number, cipher, or remainder) to the next column
or unit's place before or after, in addition or
multiplication; "put down 5 and carry 2"
30: pursue a line of scent or be a bearer; "the dog was taught
to fetch and carry"
31: bear (a crop); "this land does not carry olives"
32: propel or give impetus to; "The sudden gust of air propelled
the ball to the other side of the fence"
33: drink alcohol without showing ill effects; "He can hold his
liquor"; "he had drunk more than he could carry" [syn:
carry, hold]
34: be able to feed; "This land will carry ten cows to the acre"
35: have a certain range; "This rifle carries for 3,000 feet"
36: cover a certain distance or advance beyond; "The drive
carried to the green"
37: secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions); "The
motion carried easily"
38: be successful in; "She lost the game but carried the match"
39: sing or play against other voices or parts; "He cannot carry
a tune"
40: be pregnant with; "She is bearing his child"; "The are
expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his
child" [syn: have a bun in the oven, bear, carry,
gestate, expect]
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caudally
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adv 1: toward the posterior end of the body [syn: caudally,
caudal]
-
cheekily
0
adv 1: in a brash cheeky manner; "brashly, she asked for a
rebate" [syn: cheekily, nervily, brashly]
-
clammily
0
adv 1: in a clammy manner
-
classically
0
adv 1: in the manner of Greek and Roman culture; "this exercise
develops a classically shaped body"
-
clerestory
0
n 1: part of an interior wall rising above the adjacent roof
with windows admitting light [syn: clerestory,
clearstory]
-
coincidentally
0
adv 1: happening at the same time [syn: coincidentally,
coincidently]
-
commentary
0
n 1: a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is
added to a book or other textual material; "he wrote an
extended comment on the proposal" [syn: comment,
commentary]
-
complementary
0
adj 1: of words or propositions so related that each is the
negation of the other; "`male' and `female' are
complementary terms"
2: acting as or providing a complement (something that completes
the whole) [syn: complemental, complementary,
completing]
n 1: either one of two chromatic colors that when mixed together
give white (in the case of lights) or grey (in the case of
pigments); "yellow and blue are complementaries" [syn:
complementary color, complementary]
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complimentary
0
adj 1: conveying or resembling a compliment; "a complimentary
remark" [ant: uncomplimentary]
2: costing nothing; "complimentary tickets"; "free admission"
[syn: complimentary, costless, free, gratis(p),
gratuitous]
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conjugally
0
adv 1: in a conjugal manner [syn: conjugally, connubial]
-
consistory
0
n 1: a church tribunal or governing body
-
contradictory
0
adj 1: of words or propositions so related that both cannot be
true and both cannot be false; "`perfect' and `imperfect'
are contradictory terms"
2: that confounds or contradicts or confuses [syn:
confounding, contradictory]
3: in disagreement; "the figures are at odds with our findings";
"contradictory attributes of unjust justice and loving
vindictiveness"- John Morley [syn: at odds(p),
conflicting, contradictory, self-contradictory]
4: unable to be both true at the same time [syn:
contradictory, mutually exclusive]
n 1: two propositions are contradictories if both cannot be true
(or both cannot be false) at the same time
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contrary
0
adj 1: very opposed in nature or character or purpose; "acts
contrary to our code of ethics"; "the facts point to a
contrary conclusion"
2: of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true
but both may be false; "`hot' and `cold' are contrary terms"
3: resistant to guidance or discipline; "Mary Mary quite
contrary"; "an obstinate child with a violent temper"; "a
perverse mood"; "wayward behavior" [syn: contrary,
obstinate, perverse, wayward]
4: in an opposing direction; "adverse currents"; "a contrary
wind" [syn: adverse, contrary]
n 1: a relation of direct opposition; "we thought Sue was older
than Bill but just the reverse was true" [syn: reverse,
contrary, opposite]
2: exact opposition; "public opinion to the contrary he is not
guilty"
3: a logical relation such that two propositions are contraries
if both cannot be true but both can be false
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contumely
0
n 1: a rude expression intended to offend or hurt; "when a
student made a stupid mistake he spared them no abuse";
"they yelled insults at the visiting team" [syn: abuse,
insult, revilement, contumely, vilification]
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craftily
0
adv 1: in an artful manner; "he craftily arranged to be there
when the decision was announced"; "had ever circumstances
conspired so cunningly?" [syn: craftily, cunningly,
foxily, knavishly, slyly, trickily, artfully]
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creakily
0
adv 1: in a creaky manner; "the old boat was moving along
creakily" [syn: creakily, creakingly, screakily]
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daintily
0
adv 1: in a refined manner; "she nibbled daintily at her cake"
2: in a delicate manner; "the invitation cards were written up
daintily in white and gold"
-
departmentally
0
adv 1: dependent on a department
-
detrimentally
0
adv 1: in a detrimental manner [syn: detrimentally,
harmfully, noxiously] [ant: harmlessly]
-
developmentally
0
adv 1: with respect to development; "developmentally retarded"
-
diastole
0
n 1: the widening of the chambers of the heart between two
contractions when the chambers fill with blood
-
directory
0
n 1: an alphabetical list of names and addresses
2: (computer science) a listing of the files stored in memory
(usually on a hard disk)
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dismally
0
adv 1: in a cheerless manner; "in August 1914 , there was a
dismally sentimental little dinner, when the French,
German, Austrian and Belgian members of the committee
drank together to the peace of the future" [syn:
dismally, drearily]
2: in a dreadful manner; "as he looks at the mess he has left
behind he must wonder how the Brits so often managed to
succeed in the kind of situation where he has so dismally
failed" [syn: dismally, dreadfully]
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disorderly
0
adj 1: undisciplined and unruly; "disorderly youths";
"disorderly conduct" [ant: orderly]
2: in utter disorder; "a disorderly pile of clothes" [syn:
disorderly, higgledy-piggledy, hugger-mugger,
jumbled, topsy-turvy]
3: completely unordered and unpredictable and confusing [syn:
chaotic, disorderly]
-
dissatisfactory
0
adj 1: not up to expectations; "a disappointing performance from
one who had seemed so promising" [syn: disappointing,
dissatisfactory, unsatisfying]
-
distally
0
adv 1: far from the center; "the bronchus is situated distally"
-
documentary
0
adj 1: relating to or consisting of or derived from documents
[syn: documentary, documental]
2: emphasizing or expressing things as perceived without
distortion of personal feelings, insertion of fictional
matter, or interpretation; "objective art" [syn: objective,
documentary]
n 1: a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or
event [syn: documentary, docudrama, documentary film,
infotainment]
-
dreamily
0
adv 1: in a dreamy manner; "`She would look beautiful in the new
dress,' Tommy said dreamily" [syn: dreamily, moonily,
dreamfully]
-
dysentery
0
n 1: an infection of the intestines marked by severe diarrhea
-
eagerly
0
adv 1: with eagerness; in an eager manner; "the news was eagerly
awaited" [syn: eagerly, thirstily]
-
easterly
0
adv 1: from the east; "the winds blew easterly all night" [ant:
westerly]
adj 1: lying in or toward the east; "the east side of New York";
"eastern cities" [syn: easterly, eastern]
2: from the east; used especially of winds; "an eastern wind";
"the winds are easterly" [syn: easterly, eastern]
n 1: a wind from the east [syn: east wind, easter,
easterly]
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effrontery
0
n 1: audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right
to; "he despised them for their presumptuousness" [syn:
presumption, presumptuousness, effrontery,
assumption]
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elderly
0
adj 1: advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two
syllables); "aged members of the society"; "elderly
residents could remember the construction of the first
skyscraper"; "senior citizen" [syn: aged, elderly,
older, senior]
n 1: people who are old collectively; "special arrangements were
available for the aged" [syn: aged, elderly] [ant:
young, youth]
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elementary
0
adj 1: easy and not involved or complicated; "an elementary
problem in statistics"; "elementary, my dear Watson"; "a
simple game"; "found an uncomplicated solution to the
problem" [syn: elementary, simple, uncomplicated,
unproblematic]
2: of or pertaining to or characteristic of elementary school or
elementary education; "the elementary grades"; "elementary
teachers"
3: of or being the essential or basic part; "an elementary need
for love and nurturing" [syn: elementary, elemental,
primary]
-
environmentally
0
adv 1: for the environment; "the new recycling policy is
environmentally safe"
-
experimentally
0
adv 1: in an experimental fashion; "this can be experimentally
determined" [syn: experimentally, by experimentation,
through an experiment]
-
facsimile
0
n 1: an exact copy or reproduction [syn: facsimile,
autotype]
2: duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio [syn:
facsimile, facsimile machine, fax]
v 1: send something via a facsimile machine; "Can you fax me the
report right away?" [syn: fax, telefax, facsimile]
-
factory
0
n 1: a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities
for manufacturing [syn: factory, mill, manufacturing
plant, manufactory]
-
family
0
n 1: a social unit living together; "he moved his family to
Virginia"; "It was a good Christian household"; "I waited
until the whole house was asleep"; "the teacher asked how
many people made up his home" [syn: family, household,
house, home, menage]
2: primary social group; parents and children; "he wanted to
have a good job before starting a family" [syn: family,
family unit]
3: a collection of things sharing a common attribute; "there are
two classes of detergents" [syn: class, category,
family]
4: people descended from a common ancestor; "his family has
lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower" [syn: family,
family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept,
phratry]
5: a person having kinship with another or others; "he's kin";
"he's family" [syn: kin, kinsperson, family]
6: (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera;
"sharks belong to the fish family"
7: a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized
criminal activities [syn: syndicate, crime syndicate,
mob, family]
8: an association of people who share common beliefs or
activities; "the message was addressed not just to employees
but to every member of the company family"; "the church
welcomed new members into its fellowship" [syn: family,
fellowship]
-
feudally
0
adv 1: in a feudal manner; "a feudally organized society"
-
fiscally
0
adv 1: in financial matters; "fiscally irresponsible" [syn:
fiscally, in fiscal matters]
-
formally
0
adv 1: with official authorization; "the club will be formally
recognized" [syn: formally, officially]
2: in a formal manner; "he was dressed rather formally" [ant:
informally]
-
formerly
0
adv 1: at a previous time; "at one time he loved her"; "her
erstwhile writing"; "she was a dancer once"; [syn:
once, formerly, at one time, erstwhile, erst]
-
friskily
0
adv 1: in a playfully frisky manner; "he moves about friskily
despite his age"
-
frontally
0
adv 1: in, at, or toward the front
-
frostily
0
adv 1: without warmth or enthusiasm; "`Come in if you have to,'
he said frostily" [syn: frostily, frigidly]
-
frugally
0
adv 1: in a frugal manner; "in villages, the new pipeline marks
the end of water as a precious liquid, to be dispensed
frugally, weighed out drop by drop"
-
fundamentally
0
adv 1: in essence; at bottom or by one's (or its) very nature;
"He is basically dishonest"; "the argument was
essentially a technical one"; "for all his bluster he is
in essence a shy person" [syn: basically,
fundamentally, essentially]
-
gaudily
0
adv 1: in a tastelessly garish manner; "the temple was garishly
decorated with bright plastic flowers" [syn: garishly,
tawdrily, gaudily]
-
giddily
0
adv 1: in a giddy light-headed manner; "he walked around
dizzily" [syn: dizzily, giddily, light-headedly]
-
glary
0
adj 1: shining intensely; "the blazing sun"; "blinding
headlights"; "dazzling snow"; "fulgent patterns of
sunlight"; "the glaring sun" [syn: blazing, blinding,
dazzling, fulgent, glaring, glary]
-
gloomily
0
adv 1: with gloom; "such a change is gloomily foreseen by many"
-
greedily
0
adv 1: in a greedy manner [syn: avariciously, covetously,
greedily]
-
guiltily
0
adv 1: in the manner of someone who has committed an offense;
"she blushed guiltily as she spoke"
-
handily
0
adv 1: in a convenient manner; "the switch was conveniently
located" [syn: handily, conveniently] [ant:
inconveniently]
2: with no difficulty; "she beat him handily" [syn: handily,
hands down]
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hastily
0
adv 1: in a hurried or hasty manner; "the way they buried him so
hurriedly was disgraceful"; "hastily, he scanned the
headlines"; "sold in haste and at a sacrifice" [syn:
hurriedly, hastily, in haste] [ant: unhurriedly]
-
hebdomadally
0
adv 1: without missing a week; "she visited her aunt weekly"
[syn: hebdomadally, weekly, every week, each
week]
-
history
0
n 1: the aggregate of past events; "a critical time in the
school's history"
2: a record or narrative description of past events; "a history
of France"; "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to
kill the president"; "the story of exposure to lead" [syn:
history, account, chronicle, story]
3: the discipline that records and interprets past events
involving human beings; "he teaches Medieval history";
"history takes the long view"
4: the continuum of events occurring in succession leading from
the past to the present and even into the future; "all of
human history"
5: all that is remembered of the past as preserved in writing; a
body of knowledge; "the dawn of recorded history"; "from the
beginning of history"
-
homily
0
n 1: a sermon on a moral or religious topic [syn: homily,
preachment]
-
horizontally
0
adv 1: in a horizontal direction; "a gallery quite often is
added to make use of space vertically as well as
horizontally"
-
huskily
0
adv 1: in a hoarse or husky voice; "`Excuse me,' he said
hoarsely" [syn: hoarsely, huskily]
-
illegally
0
adv 1: in an illegal manner; "they dumped the waste illegally"
[syn: illegally, illicitly, lawlessly] [ant:
lawfully, legitimately, licitly]
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incidentally
0
adv 1: introducing a different topic; in point of fact;
"incidentally, I won't go to the party" [syn: by the
way, by the bye, incidentally, apropos]
2: of a minor or subordinate nature; "these magnificent
achievements were only incidentally influenced by Oriental
models" [syn: incidentally, accidentally]
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informally
0
adv 1: without formality; "he visited us informally" [ant:
formally]
2: with the use of colloquial expressions; "this building is
colloquially referred to as The Barn" [syn: colloquially,
conversationally, informally]
-
introductory
0
adj 1: serving to open or begin; "began the slide show with some
introductory remarks"
2: serving as a base or starting point; "a basic course in
Russian"; "basic training for raw recruits"; "a set of basic
tools"; "an introductory art course" [syn: basic,
introductory]
3: serving as an introduction or preface [syn: introductory,
prefatorial, prefatory]
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inventory
0
n 1: a detailed list of all the items in stock [syn:
inventory, stock list]
2: the merchandise that a shop has on hand; "they carried a vast
inventory of hardware"; "they stopped selling in exact sizes
in order to reduce inventory" [syn: stock, inventory]
3: (accounting) the value of a firm's current assets including
raw materials and work in progress and finished goods
4: a collection of resources; "he dipped into his intellectual
armory to find an answer" [syn: armory, armoury,
inventory]
5: making an itemized list of merchandise or supplies on hand;
"an inventory may be necessary to see if anything is
missing"; "they held an inventory every month" [syn:
inventory, inventorying, stocktaking, stock-taking]
v 1: make or include in an itemized record or report; "Inventory
all books before the end of the year" [syn: inventory,
take stock, stock-take]
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involuntary
0
adj 1: not subject to the control of the will; "involuntary
manslaughter"; "involuntary servitude"; "an involuntary
shudder"; "It (becoming a hero) was involuntary. They
sank my boat"- John F.Kennedy [syn: involuntary,
nonvoluntary, unvoluntary] [ant: voluntary]
2: controlled by the autonomic nervous system; without conscious
control; "involuntary muscles"; "gave an involuntary start"
[ant: voluntary]
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jauntily
0
adv 1: in a jaunty fashionable manner; "his hat sat jauntily on
his full brown hair"
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jerkily
0
adv 1: with spasms; "the mouth was slightly open, and jerked
violently and spasmodically at one corner" [syn:
spasmodically, jerkily]
2: with jerking motions; "She rose stiffly, jerkily from the
window seat"
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legally
0
adv 1: by law; conforming to the law; "we are lawfully wedded
now" [syn: legally, lawfully, de jure] [ant:
unlawfully]
2: in a legal manner; "he acted legally"
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locally
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adv 1: by a particular locality; "it was locally decided"
2: to a restricted area of the body; "apply this medicine
topically" [syn: locally, topically]
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loftily
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adv 1: in a lofty manner; "she bore herself loftily"
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luckily
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adv 1: by good fortune; "fortunately the weather was good" [syn:
fortunately, fortuitously, luckily, as luck would
have it] [ant: alas, regrettably, unfortunately,
unluckily]
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lustily
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adv 1: in a healthy manner; "the young plants grew lustily"
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manufactory
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n 1: a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities
for manufacturing [syn: factory, mill, manufacturing
plant, manufactory]
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masterly
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adj 1: having or revealing supreme mastery or skill; "a
consummate artist"; "consummate skill"; "a masterful
speaker"; "masterful technique"; "a masterly performance
of the sonata"; "a virtuoso performance" [syn:
consummate, masterful, masterly, virtuoso(a)]
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mastery
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n 1: great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or
activity; "a good command of French" [syn: command,
control, mastery]
2: power to dominate or defeat; "mastery of the seas" [syn:
domination, mastery, supremacy]
3: the act of mastering or subordinating someone [syn:
mastery, subordination]
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maximally
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adv 1: to a maximal degree; "the cells maximally responsive to
lines in this orientation will fire" [ant: minimally]
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melancholy
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adj 1: characterized by or causing or expressing sadness;
"growing more melancholy every hour"; "her melancholic
smile"; "we acquainted him with the melancholy truth"
[syn: melancholy, melancholic]
2: grave or even gloomy in character; "solemn and mournful
music"; "a suit of somber black"; "a somber mood" [syn:
somber, sombre, melancholy]
n 1: a feeling of thoughtful sadness
2: a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed
3: a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys
or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy [syn: black
bile, melancholy]
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mentally
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adv 1: in your mind; "he suffered mentally"