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Seeming

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Superficial 84% connected

Of or pertaining to the superficies, or surface; lying on the surface; shallow; not deep; as, a superficial color; a superficial covering; superficia…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Superficial 84% connected

Of or pertaining to the superficies, or surface; lying on the surface; shallow; not deep; as, a superficial color; a superficial covering; superficia…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Apparent 92% connected

Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye; within sight or view.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ostensible 92% connected

Capable of being shown; proper or intended to be shown.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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At times adverb · 78% connection

sporadically and infrequently; "he was arrogant and occasionally callous"; "open areas are only occasionally interrupted by clumps of…

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Believably adverb · 78% connection

easy to believe on the basis of available evidence; "he talked plausibly before the committee"; "he will probably win the election"

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Broadly speaking adverb · 78% connection

without regard to specific details or exceptions; "he interprets the law broadly"

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By and large adverb · 78% connection

usually; as a rule; "by and large it doesn't rain much here"

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Caveat noun · 78% connection

(law) a formal notice filed with a court or officer to suspend a proceeding until filer is given a hearing; "a caveat filed against th…

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Close to adverb · 78% connection

(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct; "lasted approximately an hour"; "in just about a minute"; "he's about 30 years…

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From time to time adverb · 78% connection

sporadically and infrequently; "he was arrogant and occasionally callous"; "open areas are only occasionally interrupted by clumps of…

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In all likelihood adverb · 78% connection

with considerable certainty; without much doubt; "He is probably out of the country"; "in all likelihood we are headed for war"

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In all probability adverb · 78% connection

with considerable certainty; without much doubt; "He is probably out of the country"; "in all likelihood we are headed for war"

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In part adverb · 78% connection

to some extent; in some degree; not wholly; "I felt partly to blame"; "He was partially paralyzed"

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Just about adverb · 78% connection

(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct; "lasted approximately an hour"; "in just about a minute"; "he's about 30 years…

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Limit noun · 78% connection

the greatest amount of something that is possible or allowed; "there are limits on the amount you can bet"; "it is growing rapidly wit…

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More often than not adverb · 78% connection

usually; as a rule; "by and large it doesn't rain much here"

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More or less adverb · 78% connection

(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct; "lasted approximately an hour"; "in just about a minute"; "he's about 30 years…

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Now and again adverb · 78% connection

sporadically and infrequently; "he was arrogant and occasionally callous"; "open areas are only occasionally interrupted by clumps of…

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Now and then adverb · 78% connection

sporadically and infrequently; "he was arrogant and occasionally callous"; "open areas are only occasionally interrupted by clumps of…

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Obviously adverb · 78% connection

unmistakably (‘plain’ is often used informally for ‘plainly’); "the answer is obviously wrong"; "she was in bed and evidently in great…

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On occasion adverb · 78% connection

sporadically and infrequently; "he was arrogant and occasionally callous"; "open areas are only occasionally interrupted by clumps of…

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Antinomy noun · 78% connection

a contradiction between two statements that seem equally reasonable

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: seem.
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Appear verb · 78% connection

To seem; to have a certain semblance; to look.

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Beggar verb · 78% connection

To cause to seem very poor and inadequate.

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Beseem verb · 78% connection

Literally: To appear or seem (well, ill, best, etc.) for (one) to do or to have. Hence: To be fit, suitable, or proper for, or worthy…

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Bishop verb · 78% connection

To make seem younger, by operating on the teeth; as, to bishop an old horse or his teeth.

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Bossage noun · 78% connection

Rustic work, consisting of stones which seem to advance beyond the level of the building, by reason of indentures or channels left in…

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Bulk verb · 78% connection

To appear or seem to be, as to bulk or extent; to swell.

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Cabling noun · 78% connection

The decoration of a fluted shaft of a column or of a pilaster with reeds, or rounded moldings, which seem to be laid in the hollows of…

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Cauliculus noun · 78% connection

In the Corinthian capital, one of the eight stalks rising out of the lower leafage and terminating in leaves which seem to support the…

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Contraindicate verb · 78% connection

To indicate, as by a symptom, some method of treatment contrary to that which the general tenor of the case would seem to require.

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Curl verb · 78% connection

A disease in potatoes, in which the leaves, at their first appearance, seem curled and shrunken.

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Distance verb · 78% connection

To cause to appear as if at a distance; to make seem remote.

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