having no hue; "neutral colors like black or white"
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marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polite society"
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characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New Engl…
Used in the same subject area: Emotion and tone, Formality and interpersonal tone.characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New Engl…
Used in the same subject area: Emotion and tone, Formality and interpersonal tone.marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polit…
Used in the same subject area: Emotion and tone, Formality and interpersonal tone.characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation; "wrote her letters in a colloquial style"; "the broken syntax and casual e…
Used in the same subject area: Emotion and tone, Formality and interpersonal tone.characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation; "wrote her letters in a colloquial style"; "the broken syntax and casual e…
Used in the same subject area: Emotion and tone, Formality and interpersonal tone.characterized by courtesy and gracious good manners; "if a man be gracious and courteous to strangers it shows he is a citizen of the…
Used in the same subject area: Emotion and tone, Formality and interpersonal tone.marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polit…
Used in the same subject area: Emotion and tone, Formality and interpersonal tone.marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polit…
Used in the same subject area: Emotion and tone, Formality and interpersonal tone.using or marked by tact in dealing with sensitive matters or people; "the hostess averted a confrontation with a diplomatic change of…
Used in the same subject area: Emotion and tone, Formality and interpersonal tone.using or marked by tact in dealing with sensitive matters or people; "the hostess averted a confrontation with a diplomatic change of…
Used in the same subject area: Emotion and tone, Formality and interpersonal tone.plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery"
Used in the same subject area: Emotion and tone, Formality and interpersonal tone.plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery"
Used in the same subject area: Emotion and tone, Formality and interpersonal tone.(of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms…
Used in the same subject area: Emotion and tone, Formality and interpersonal tone.characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New Engl…
Used in the same subject area: Emotion and tone, Formality and interpersonal tone.characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New Engl…
Used in the same subject area: Emotion and tone, Formality and interpersonal tone.characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New Engl…
Used in the same subject area: Emotion and tone, Formality and interpersonal tone.marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polit…
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Genteel irony; a polite and ingenious manner of deriding another.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: marked, refinement, taste, manners, cultivated.A young lady of superior beauty and attractions; a handsome lady, or one who attracts notice in society; a fair lady.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: marked, refinement, taste, manners, cultivated.Deportment or behavior in the external offices and decorums of social life; manners; knowledge of, or training in, the ceremonies, or…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: marked, refinement, taste, manners, cultivated.Having the manners of one dwelling in a city, as opposed to those of savages or rustics; polite; courteous; complaisant; affable.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: marked, refinement, taste, manners, cultivated.the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste; "a man of intellectual refinement"; "he is remembered for his generosity a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: marked, refinement, taste, manners, cultivated.Destitute of refinement; rude; unpolished; rustic; not urbane; as, country manners.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: marked, refinement, taste, manners, cultivated.Capable of, or fit for, being cultivated; capable or becoming cultured.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: marked, refinement, taste, manners, cultivated.The state of being cultivated; result of cultivation; physical improvement; enlightenment and discipline acquired by mental and moral…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: marked, refinement, taste, manners, cultivated.Nice propriety of manners or conduct; susceptibility or tenderness of feeling; refinement; fastidiousness; and hence, in an exaggerate…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: marked, refinement, taste, manners, cultivated.The state or quality of being elegant; beauty as resulting from choice qualities and the complete absence of what deforms or impresses…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: marked, refinement, taste, manners, cultivated.Very choice, and hence, pleasing to good taste; characterized by grace, propriety, and refinement, and the absence of every thing offe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: marked, refinement, taste, manners, cultivated.Polite, fashionable, or genteel life; social position; good breeding; as, men of fashion.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: marked, refinement, taste, manners, cultivated.To make French; to infect or imbue with the manners or tastes of the French; to Gallicize.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: marked, refinement, taste, manners, cultivated.Coarseness; simplicity; want of refinement; as, the homeliness of manners, or language.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: marked, refinement, taste, manners, cultivated.Not polite; not of polished manners; wanting in good manners; discourteous; uncivil; rude.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: marked, refinement, taste, manners, cultivated.The quality of being indelicate; want of delicacy, or of a nice sense of, or regard for, purity, propriety, or refinement in manners,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: marked, refinement, taste, manners, cultivated.The quality of being inelegant; want of elegance or grace; want of refinement, beauty, or polish in language, composition, or manners.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: marked, refinement, taste, manners, cultivated.Any one of numerous species of small beetles of the genus Coccinella and allied genera (family Coccinellidae); -- called also ladybug,…
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