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Chiefly - chief |
Most importantly or most commonly |
Houses are made chiefly of wood products. Corn is the chief crop of the Midwest. |
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Coarse, coarsely, coarseness |
Not fine or smooth, not delicate |
Coarse hair. I was shocked by the coarseness of his guest. The sand is coarse. My jacket has certain coarseness in texture. Co |
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Commonplace. Sun: frequent |
Ordinary |
Soon it will commonplace to see the person to whom you are talking on the phone. Female lawyers are not commonplace in Saudi Arabia. It is commonplace that we only use a small part of our brain's capacity. It has become commonplace that. |
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Comparatively. Compare. Comparative. Comparison |
Being measured or judged by comparison. Syn: relatively |
It was easy for him to gain the CPA certification because he had been an auditor. If compare accounting and finance, you will discover that finance is less complex. Inflation is comparatively low. The prices here are comparatively high. Comparatively speaking, it was to bad. |
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Complex. Complexity. Syn: complicated |
Difficult to understand or explain. |
This course has a complexity beyond my comprehension. This issue has a great complexity. |
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Conventional. Conventionally. Convention. Syn: traditional |
Following accepted rules or standards. |
To become integrated into a society, you must learn the conventions of that society. While microwaves heat up food more quickly, most tastes much better when it is cooked in a conventional oven. Conventional clothes. |
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Curious. Curiously. Syn: peculiar |
Odd or strange; eager to learn |
A curious object was found in the remains. I was curiously interested in that topic. I began to be curious about this since he told about that. I am curious to find out. By a curious coincidence. The cat was naturally curious about it new surroundings. His accent is a peculiar mixture of. It seems peculiar that he would leave home and not to tell anybody. I got a peculiar feeling when the phone rang. |
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Exceed. Excess. Excessive. Excessively. Syn: extremely |
Very to unusual degree |
It is exceedingly hot and humid today. It is not safe to exceed the speed limit. The film was criticized for its excessive violence and nudity. I complained for the excessive intrusion into my legitimate activities. I do drink but not excessively. |
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Exclusively. Exclusive. Exclusion. Exclude. Syn: restrictively |
No one else; nothing else; nor shared. |
The room is used exclusively by the faculty. The excluded everyone under age 21 from the contest. The price is exclusive of |
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Immense. Immensely. Immensity. Syn: massive |
Extremely large |
From the mountaintop you can see the holy mosque. I was immensely interested in the idea of going home. He inherited an immense fortune. He is an artist of immense talent. Apparently, he is not realizing the immensity of the risk he is taking. The immensity of Roman Empire. The immensity of the universe. I could not understand the immensity of the problem until. |
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Indeed. Syn; truly |
Certainly, really |
I was not expected to last long, and indeed it took less than three weeks. He said that the car would break down and indeed it did. I felt sure I'd pass, and indeed I did. He is very talented, is not he? |
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Rigid.rigidly. Syn; stiff |
Not easy to bend, firm, inflexible |
The teacher was very rigid in his ideas about class attendance. He adhered rigidly to the schedule/ his promises. He is a rigid disciplinarian. They have remained rigid in their resolve. This is made of a rigid material. Rigid rules. When I got out of bed this morning my back was stiff as board. They face a stiff fines and a possible jail sentence. |
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Routine. Routinely. Syn: ordinarily |
Regularly, usually done |
Health and safety rules are routinely ignored. The job will be easier once you settle into a routine. Drinking a cop of coffee is part of my morning routine. Brisk walking is par of my morning routine. I had routine day noting much. |
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Sufficiently. Sufficient. Suffice Sufficiency. Syn; adequately |
Enough, in a satisfying manner |
He is sufficiently mature to make his own decisions. My income is sufficient for my daily needs. There is concern over the sufficiency of plans to tackle the problem. |
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Visibly, visible, vision, visionary, view. Syn; noticeable |
Can be seen, power of imagination especially with regard to the future. |
Mohammed was visibly upset about his performance evaluation. Stars are more visible on clear fall night. The tower is visible from a distance and can be seen from Makkah. |
