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Tentatively
in a tentative manner; "we agreed tentatively on a dinner date"
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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.(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…
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.to some extent; in some degree; not wholly; "I felt partly to blame"; "He was partially paralyzed"
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.the greatest amount of something that is possible or allowed; "there are limits on the amount you can bet"; "it is growing rapidly wit…
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…
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An agreeing to terms or proposals by which a bargain is concluded and the parties are bound; the reception or taking of a thing bought…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tentative, agreed, dinner, date.To settle or bring to a satisfactory state, so that parties are agreed in the result; as, to adjust accounts; the differences are adju…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tentative, agreed, dinner, date.Following dinner; post-prandial; as, an after-dinner nap.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tentative, agreed, dinner, date.Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the actual date.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tentative, agreed, dinner, date.(law) the hearing and determination of a dispute by an impartial referee agreed to by both parties (often used to settle disputes betw…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tentative, agreed, dinner, date.Of the same opinion; agreed; as, on these points we are at one.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tentative, agreed, dinner, date.The privilege to demand the delivery of stock, grain, or any commodity, at a fixed, price, at or within a certain time agreed on.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tentative, agreed, dinner, date.To surrender on terms agreed upon (usually, drawn up under several heads); as, an army or a garrison capitulates.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tentative, agreed, dinner, date.The adjustment of a debt, or avoidance of an obligation, by some form of compensation agreed on between the parties; also, the sum or…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tentative, agreed, dinner, date.Mutually contrived or planned; agreed on; as, concerted schemes, signals.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tentative, agreed, dinner, date.to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tentative, agreed, dinner, date.the practice of cooperating; "economic cooperation"; "they agreed on a policy of cooperation"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tentative, agreed, dinner, date.
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