sporadically and infrequently; "he was arrogant and occasionally callous"; "open areas are only occasionally interrupted by clumps of…
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to some extent; in some degree; not wholly; "I felt partly to blame"; "He was partially paralyzed"
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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.usually; as a rule; "by and large it doesn't rain much here"
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.(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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To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: some, extent, wholly, felt, partly.Partly one and partly the other; neither acid nor alkaline; neutral.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: some, extent, wholly, felt, partly.of Belong
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: some, extent, wholly, felt, partly.A water wheel, on which the stream of water strikes neither so high as in the overshot wheel, nor so low as in the undershot, but gene…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: some, extent, wholly, felt, partly.A box or inclosure, wholly or partly of openwork, in wood or metal, used for confining birds or other animals.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: some, extent, wholly, felt, partly.A series of limestone strata found in Ohio and farther west, presenting bluffs along the rivers and valleys, formerly supposed to be o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: some, extent, wholly, felt, partly.The act or process of coercing.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: some, extent, wholly, felt, partly.To lay upon a bed or other resting place.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: some, extent, wholly, felt, partly.A vault wholly or partly under ground; especially, a vault under a church, whether used for burial purposes or for a subterranean chap…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: some, extent, wholly, felt, partly.A dog with a docked tail; formerly, the dog of a person not qualified to course, which, by the forest laws, must have its tail cut sho…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: some, extent, wholly, felt, partly.A member or molding of the cornice, the profile of which is wavelike in form.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: some, extent, wholly, felt, partly.A capping or crowning molding in classic architecture.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: some, extent, wholly, felt, partly.
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