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Mode

Manner of doing or being; method; form; fashion; custom; way; style; as, the mode of speaking; the mode of dressing.

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Broader term 5

Average 76% connected

That service which a tenant owed his lord, to be done by the work beasts of the tenant, as the carriage of wheat, turf, etc.

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Condition 76% connected

Mode or state of being; state or situation with regard to external circumstances or influences, or to physical or mental integrity, health, strength,…

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Norm 76% connected

A rule or authoritative standard; a model; a type.

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Property 76% connected

That which is proper to anything; a peculiar quality of a thing; that which is inherent in a subject, or naturally essential to it; an attribute; as,…

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Status 76% connected

State; condition; position of affairs.

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Declarative 76% connected

Making declaration, proclamation, or publication; explanatory; assertive; declaratory.

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Drape 76% connected

To cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery; as, to drape a bust, a building, etc.

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Fit 76% connected

imp. & p. p. of Fight.

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form 76% connected

A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.

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Idiom 76% connected

The syntactical or structural form peculiar to any language; the genius or cast of a language.

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Imperative 76% connected

Expressive of command; containing positive command; authoritatively or absolutely directive; commanding; authoritative; as, imperative orders.

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Indicative 76% connected

Pointing out; bringing to notice; giving intimation or knowledge of something not visible or obvious.

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Interrogative 76% connected

Denoting a question; expressed in the form of a question; as, an interrogative sentence; an interrogative pronoun.

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Optative 76% connected

Expressing desire or wish.

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Response 76% connected

The act of responding.

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Signature 76% connected

A sign, stamp, or mark impressed, as by a seal.

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Subjunctive 76% connected

Subjoined or added to something before said or written.

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Touch 76% connected

To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on.

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Wise 76% connected

Having knowledge; knowing; enlightened; of extensive information; erudite; learned.

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Mannerly 74% connected

Showing good manners; civil; respectful; complaisant.

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Mannerly 74% connected

Showing good manners; civil; respectful; complaisant.

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Modal 74% connected

Of or pertaining to a mode or mood; consisting in mode or form only; relating to form; having the form without the essence or reality.

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Modal 74% connected

Of or pertaining to a mode or mood; consisting in mode or form only; relating to form; having the form without the essence or reality.

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Fashion 92% connected

The make or form of anything; the style, shape, appearance, or mode of structure; pattern, model; as, the fashion of the ark, of a coat, of a house,…

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Manner 92% connected

Mode of action; way of performing or effecting anything; method; style; form; fashion.

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Modality 92% connected

The quality or state of being modal.

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Mood 92% connected

Manner; style; mode; logical form; musical style; manner of action or being. See Mode which is the preferable form).

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Style 92% connected

An instrument used by the ancients in writing on tablets covered with wax, having one of its ends sharp, and the other blunt, and somewhat expanded,…

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Way 92% connected

Away.

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