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Minute

The sixtieth part of an hour; sixty seconds. (Abbrev. m.; as, 4 h. 30 m.)

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Similar meaning 6

Careful 84% connected

Full of care; anxious; solicitous.

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Careful 84% connected

Full of care; anxious; solicitous.

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Little 84% connected

Small in size or extent; not big; diminutive; -- opposed to big or large; as, a little body; a little animal; a little piece of ground; a little hill…

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Little 84% connected

Small in size or extent; not big; diminutive; -- opposed to big or large; as, a little body; a little animal; a little piece of ground; a little hill…

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Small 84% connected

Having little size, compared with other things of the same kind; little in quantity or degree; diminutive; not large or extended in dimension; not gr…

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Small 84% connected

Having little size, compared with other things of the same kind; little in quantity or degree; diminutive; not large or extended in dimension; not gr…

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Climax 76% connected

Upward movement; steady increase; gradation; ascent.

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Culmination 76% connected

The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavently body; passage across the meridian; transit.

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Flash 76% connected

To burst or break forth with a sudden and transient flood of flame and light; as, the lighting flashes vividly; the powder flashed.

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Instant 76% connected

Pressing; urgent; importunate; earnest.

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Jiffy 76% connected

A moment; an instant; as, I will be ready in a jiffy.

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Time 76% connected

Duration, considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms which designate limited portions thereof.

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Trice 76% connected

To pull; to haul; to drag; to pull away.

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Twinkling 76% connected

of Twinkle

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Wink 76% connected

To nod; to sleep; to nap.

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Broader term 4

Distance 76% connected

The space between two objects; the length of a line, especially the shortest line joining two points or things that are separate; measure of separati…

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Note 76% connected

To butt; to push with the horns.

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Point 76% connected

To appoint.

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Time 76% connected

Duration, considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms which designate limited portions thereof.

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Minuteness 74% connected

The quality of being minute.

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Minuteness 74% connected

The quality of being minute.

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Containing whole 2

Degree 70% connected

A step, stair, or staircase.

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Hour 70% connected

The twenty-fourth part of a day; sixty minutes.

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Component part 1

Second 70% connected

Immediately following the first; next to the first in order of place or time; hence, occuring again; another; other.

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Synonym 8

Bit 92% connected

The part of a bridle, usually of iron, which is inserted in the mouth of a horse, and having appendages to which the reins are fastened.

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Hour 92% connected

The twenty-fourth part of a day; sixty minutes.

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Infinitesimal 92% connected

Infinitely or indefinitely small; less than any assignable quantity or value; very small.

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Instant 92% connected

Pressing; urgent; importunate; earnest.

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Mo 92% connected

More; -- usually, more in number.

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Moment 92% connected

A minute portion of time; a point of time; an instant; as, at thet very moment.

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Narrow 92% connected

Of little breadth; not wide or broad; having little distance from side to side; as, a narrow board; a narrow street; a narrow hem.

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Second 92% connected

Immediately following the first; next to the first in order of place or time; hence, occuring again; another; other.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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