unimpeachably
- adverb without question
unquestionably.
- Fred Winter is unquestionably the jockey to follow
- they hired unimpeachably first-rate faculty members
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staidly
- adverb in a grave and sober manner
gravely; soberly.
- he walked soberly toward the altar
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paperhanger
- noun someone who passes bad checks or counterfeit paper money
- noun one whose occupation is decorating walls with wallpaper
paperer.
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irreproachably
- adverb in an irreproachable and blameless manner
blamelessly.
- she had lived blamelessly until she met this man
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mediocrity
- noun ordinariness as a consequence of being average and not outstanding
averageness.
- noun a person of second-rate ability or value
second-rater.
- a team of aging second-raters
- shone among the mediocrities who surrounded him
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pitiably
- adverb in a manner arousing sympathy and compassion
pathetically.
- the sick child cried pathetically
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unassailably
- adverb in an unalterable and unchangeable manner
unchangeably; unalterably; immutably.
- his views were unchangeably fixed
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matron
- noun a married woman (usually middle-aged with children) who is staid and dignified
- noun a wardress in a prison
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romper
- noun a person who romps or frolics
- noun a one-piece garment for children to wear at play; the lower part is shaped like bloomers
romper suit.
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boringly
- adverb in a tedious manner
tediously; tiresomely.
- boringly slow work
- he plodded tediously forward
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leastwise
- adverb if nothing else (`leastwise' is informal and `leastways' is colloquial)
at any rate; leastways; at least.
- at least he survived
- they felt--at any rate Jim felt--relieved though still wary
- the influence of economists--or at any rate of economics--is far-reaching
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showing
- noun the display of a motion picture
viewing; screening.
- noun something shown to the public
exhibit; display.
- the museum had many exhibits of oriental art
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eminently
- adverb in an eminent manner
- two subjects on which he was eminently qualified to make an original contribution
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frigidly
- adverb without warmth or enthusiasm
frostily.
- `Come in if you have to,' he said frostily
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matron
- noun a married woman (usually middle-aged with children) who is staid and dignified
- noun a wardress in a prison
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unexceptionable
- adjective satellite completely acceptable; not open to exception or reproach
unimpeachable.
- two unexceptionable witnesses
- a judge's ethics should be unexceptionable
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mediocrity
- noun ordinariness as a consequence of being average and not outstanding
averageness.
- noun a person of second-rate ability or value
second-rater.
- a team of aging second-raters
- shone among the mediocrities who surrounded him
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philosophically
- adverb in a philosophic manner
- she took it philosophically
- adverb with respect to philosophy
- the movement is philosophically indebted to Rousseau
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burgher
- noun a citizen of an English borough
burgess.
- noun a member of the middle class
bourgeois.
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outwardly
- adverb with respect to the outside
externally.
- outwardly, the figure is smooth
- adverb in outward appearance
- outwardly, she appeared composed
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parentage
- noun the state of being a parent
parenthood.
- to everyone's surprise, parenthood reformed the man
- noun the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents
birth.
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passably
- adverb to a moderately sufficient extent or degree
fairly; pretty; reasonably; moderately; jolly; middling; somewhat.
- pretty big
- pretty bad
- jolly decent of him
- the shoes are priced reasonably
- he is fairly clever with computers
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apollyon
The Destroyer; -- a name used (Rev. ix. 11) for the angel of the bottomless pit, answering to the Hebrew Abaddon.
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hottentot
(Ethnol.) One of a degraded "pastoral", in MW10 and savage race of South Africa, with yellowish brown complexion, high cheek bones, and wooly hair growing in tufts. = The tribes speaking Khoisan; Bushman
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drearily
- adverb in a cheerless manner
dismally.
- 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
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primly
- adverb in a prissy manner
prissily.
- the new teacher alienates the children by behaving prissily
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ancestry
- noun the descendants of one individual
lineage; pedigree; parentage; descent; bloodline; stemma; blood; line; stock; line of descent; origin; blood line.
- his entire lineage has been warriors
- noun inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
lineage; filiation; derivation.
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perfectly
- adverb completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
absolutely; dead; utterly.
- an absolutely magnificent painting
- a perfectly idiotic idea
- you're perfectly right
- utterly miserable
- you can be dead sure of my innocence
- was dead tired
- dead right
- adverb in a perfect or faultless way
- She performed perfectly on the balance beam
- spoke English perfectly
- solved the problem perfectly
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tolerably
- adverb in an acceptable (but not outstanding) manner
so-so; acceptably.
- she plays tennis tolerably
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solidly
- adverb as an undiversified whole
- the unions voted solidly for Roosevelt
- adverb with strength and soundness
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hostelry
- noun a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers
lodge; auberge; inn; hostel.
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pedigree
- noun the descendants of one individual
lineage; parentage; descent; bloodline; ancestry; stemma; blood; line; stock; line of descent; origin; blood line.
- his entire lineage has been warriors
- noun line of descent of a purebred animal
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burgher
- noun a citizen of an English borough
burgess.
- noun a member of the middle class
bourgeois.
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theologically
- adverb as regards theology
- the candidate was found theologically sound
- adverb in a theological manner
- he dealt with the problem of evil theologically, not philosophically
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businessman
- noun a person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive)
man of affairs.
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inhuman
- adjective satellite without compunction or human feeling
cold; insensate; cold-blooded.
- in cold blood
- cold-blooded killing
- insensate destruction
- adjective satellite belonging to or resembling something nonhuman
- something dark and inhuman in form
- a babel of inhuman noises
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philadelphian
Of or pertaining to Ptolemy Philadelphus, or to one of the cities named Philadelphia, esp. the modern city in Pennsylvania.
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highly
- adverb to a high degree or extent; favorably or with much respect
extremely.
- highly successful
- He spoke highly of her
- does not think highly of his writing
- extremely interesting
- adverb at a high rate or wage
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nonentity
- noun the state of not existing
nonexistence.
- noun a person of no influence
nobody; cipher; cypher.
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townsman
- noun a person from the same town as yourself
- noun a resident of a town or city
towner.
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shabbily
- adverb so as to appear worn and threadbare or dilapidated
- adverb in a mean and ungenerous manner
- the two were haggling shabbily in the drawing-room
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domesticity
- noun the quality of being domestic or domesticated
- a royal family living in unpretentious domesticity
- noun domestic activities or life
- making a hobby of domesticity
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pawnbroker
- noun a person who lends money at interest in exchange for personal property that is deposited as security
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diddle
- verb deprive of by deceit
rook; scam; gip; nobble; goldbrick; con; short-change; mulct; gyp; bunco; victimize; hornswoggle; defraud; swindle.
- He swindled me out of my inheritance
- She defrauded the customers who trusted her
- the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change
- verb manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
toy; fiddle; play.
- She played nervously with her wedding ring
- Don't fiddle with the screws
- He played with the idea of running for the Senate
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victorian
- noun a person who lived during the reign of Victoria
- adjective of or relating to Queen Victoria of Great Britain or to the age in which she ruled
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morally
- adverb with respect to moral principles
- adverb in a moral manner
virtuously.
- he acted morally under the circumstances
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ironmonger
- noun someone who sells hardware
hardwareman.
- in England they call a hardwareman an ironmonger
- noun a store selling hardware
hardware store; ironmonger's shop.
- in Great Britain they used to call a hardware store an ironmonger's shop
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decently
- adverb in a decent manner
- they don't know how to dress decently
- adverb in the right manner
right; decent; in good order; properly; the right way.
- please do your job properly!
- can't you carry me decent?
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versification
- noun a metrical adaptation of something (e.g., of a prose text)
- noun the form or metrical composition of a poem
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townsfolk
- noun the people living in a municipality smaller than a city
town; townspeople.
- the whole town cheered the team
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spinster
- noun an elderly unmarried woman
old maid.
- noun someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads)
spinner; thread maker.
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ponderously
- adverb in an uninterestingly ponderous manner
- the play was staged with ponderously realistic sets
- adverb in a heavy ponderous manner
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connexion
- noun a connecting shape
link; connection.
- noun a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)
connection; connectedness.
- there was a connection between eating that pickle and having that nightmare
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thoroughly
- adverb in an exhaustive manner
exhaustively.
- we searched the files thoroughly
- adverb completely and absolutely (`good' is sometimes used informally for `thoroughly')
good; soundly.
- he was soundly defeated
- we beat him good
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dismally
- adverb in a cheerless manner
drearily.
- 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
- adverb in a dreadful manner
dreadfully.
- 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
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immaculately
- adverb in an immaculate manner
- gone was the casually dressed Canadian she had thought a backwoodsman--this man was immaculately tailored
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smugly
- adverb in a smug manner
- the bureaucrats explained smugly that the facts provided by their own experts show no cause for concern
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ostensibly
- adverb from appearances alone
on the face of it; apparently; seemingly.
- irrigation often produces bumper crops from apparently desert land
- the child is seemingly healthy but the doctor is concerned
- had been ostensibly frank as to his purpose while really concealing it"-Thomas Hardy
- on the face of it the problem seems minor
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scandalize
- verb strike with disgust or revulsion
appal; shock; appall; scandalise; outrage; offend.
- The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends
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affront
- noun a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect
insult.
- turning his back on me was a deliberate insult
- verb treat, mention, or speak to rudely
diss; insult.
- He insulted her with his rude remarks
- the student who had betrayed his classmate was dissed by everyone
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womanhood
- noun the state of being an adult woman
muliebrity.
- noun women as a class
woman; fair sex.
- it's an insult to American womanhood
- woman is the glory of creation
- the fair sex gathered on the veranda
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seemingly
- adverb from appearances alone
ostensibly; on the face of it; apparently.
- irrigation often produces bumper crops from apparently desert land
- the child is seemingly healthy but the doctor is concerned
- had been ostensibly frank as to his purpose while really concealing it"-Thomas Hardy
- on the face of it the problem seems minor
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tediously
- adverb in a tedious manner
boringly; tiresomely.
- boringly slow work
- he plodded tediously forward
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yeoman
- noun officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British monarch
beefeater; yeoman of the guard.
- noun in former times was free and cultivated his own land
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determinedly
- adverb with determination; in a determined manner
unfalteringly; unshakably.
- he clung to the past determinedly
- adverb with ambition; in an ambitious and energetic manner
ambitiously.
- she pursued her goals ambitiously
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nonentity
- noun the state of not existing
nonexistence.
- noun a person of no influence
nobody; cipher; cypher.
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garner
- noun a storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed
granary.
- verb acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions
earn.
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socially
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