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By and large
usually; as a rule; "by and large it doesn't rain much here"
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easy to believe on the basis of available evidence; "he talked plausibly before the committee"; "he will probably win the election"
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Caution and hedging.without regard to specific details or exceptions; "he interprets the law broadly"
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Caution and hedging.A notice given by an interested party to some officer not to do a certain act until the party is heard in opposition; as, a caveat ent…
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Caution and hedging.(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct; "lasted approximately an hour"; "in just about a minute"; "he's about 30 years…
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Caution and hedging.sporadically and infrequently; "he was arrogant and occasionally callous"; "open areas are only occasionally interrupted by clumps of…
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Caution and hedging.with considerable certainty; without much doubt; "He is probably out of the country"; "in all likelihood we are headed for war"
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Caution and hedging.with considerable certainty; without much doubt; "He is probably out of the country"; "in all likelihood we are headed for war"
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Caution and hedging.to some extent; in some degree; not wholly; "I felt partly to blame"; "He was partially paralyzed"
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Caution and hedging.(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct; "lasted approximately an hour"; "in just about a minute"; "he's about 30 years…
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Caution and hedging.That which terminates, circumscribes, restrains, or confines; the bound, border, or edge; the utmost extent; as, the limit of a walk,…
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Caution and hedging.usually; as a rule; "by and large it doesn't rain much here"
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Caution and hedging.(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct; "lasted approximately an hour"; "in just about a minute"; "he's about 30 years…
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Caution and hedging.sporadically and infrequently; "he was arrogant and occasionally callous"; "open areas are only occasionally interrupted by clumps of…
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Caution and hedging.sporadically and infrequently; "he was arrogant and occasionally callous"; "open areas are only occasionally interrupted by clumps of…
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Caution and hedging.unmistakably (‘plain’ is often used informally for ‘plainly’); "the answer is obviously wrong"; "she was in bed and evidently in great…
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Caution and hedging.sporadically and infrequently; "he was arrogant and occasionally callous"; "open areas are only occasionally interrupted by clumps of…
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Caution and hedging.from appearances alone; "irrigation often produces bumper crops from apparently desert land"; "the child is seemingly healthy but the…
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Around; all round; on every side of.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rule, large, doesn, rain, much.At large; widely; broadly; over a wide space; as, a tree spreads its branches abroad.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rule, large, doesn, rain, much.A condition in which the blood doesn't have enough healthy red blood cells.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rule, large, doesn, rain, much.Opposition of one law or rule to another law or rule.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rule, large, doesn, rain, much.A figure of speech in which the speaker breaks off suddenly, as if unwilling or unable to state what was in his mind; as, "I declare t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rule, large, doesn, rain, much.Arched; as, archy brows.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rule, large, doesn, rain, much.To exist actually, or in the world of fact; to have ex/stence.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rule, large, doesn, rain, much.To rain upon; to wet with rain.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rule, large, doesn, rain, much.To injure, as by a blow or collision, without laceration; to contuse; as, to bruise one's finger with a hammer; to bruise the bark of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rule, large, doesn, rain, much.Cooperating; acting together to produce an effect.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rule, large, doesn, rain, much.The act or process of beating, bruising, or pounding; the state of being beaten or bruised.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rule, large, doesn, rain, much.To rain slightly in very small drops; to fall, as water from the clouds, slowly and in fine particles; as, it drizzles; drizzling drop…
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