cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
comfortably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʌmftɚbli/
ipa: /ˈkʌmfɚtəbli/
ipa: /ˈkʌmf(ə)təbli/
Forms: form: more comfortably
form: most comfortably
Etymology: From comfortable + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: I snuggled comfortably into the blankets.
text: Platform faces in Holland are further back from the track than they are in Britain, and it is a common thing to see a driver standing quite comfortably between his engine and the platform while oiling the motion.
ref: 1955 February, E. J. Tyler and J. Quanjer, “The Steam Locomotive in Holland 1919-1954”, in Railway Magazine, page 131:
glosses: In a comfortable manner.
examples: text: Messi was the next to test Cech with a header from Sanchez's cross, the Chelsea keeper gathering the effort comfortably as Barcelona once more failed to produce the final touch to accompany their artistic approach work.
ref: 2012 April 18, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 1-0 Barcelona”, in BBC Sport:
text: A drag queen may not comfortably fit the stereotypical homesteader mold. In the 19th century, homesteaders were Western pioneers who built new lives from necessity; on TikTok, the most popular homesteaders are often parents with young families or those with a lifelong connection to the practice, which often include so-called “tradwives,” or women who play a stereotypically gendered role in their family.
ref: 2025 March 30, Scottie Andrew, “Queer and trans homesteaders are conquering the social media frontier”, in CNN:
glosses: Easily; without effort or difficulty.
Derived terms: comfortably off
vaguely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈveɪɡli/
Forms: form: more vaguely
form: most vaguely
Etymology: From vague + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: He looked vaguely around the room, as if lost.
text: The youth pointed vaguely. "Over there," he replied.
ref: 1895 October, Stephen Crane, chapter X, in The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC, page 105:
glosses: In a vague manner.
examples: 12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift
Preceded by a Simpsons short shot in 3-D—perhaps the only thing more superfluous than a fourth Ice Age movie—Ice Age: Continental Drift finds a retinue of vaguely contemporaneous animals coping with life in the post-Pangaea age.
glosses: Loosely; more or less; somewhat.
nominally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɒmɪnəli/
ipa: /ˈnɑmɪnəli/
Etymology: From nominal + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Of the group, Max (Room’s Jacob Tremblay) is the most nominally mature, at least biologically speaking; unlike his childhood companions, he’s entered the early throes of puberty, and spends a lot of his waking hours pining, rather chastely, for a classmate (Millie Davis).
ref: 2019 August 14, A. A. Dowd, “Good Boys Puts a Tween Spin on the R-rated Teen Comedy, to Mostly Funny Effect”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 04 Mar 2021:
glosses: In a nominal manner; in name only.
glosses: Slightly.
examples: text: In Mauritanian Hassaniya, forms like lil-i can function nominally ('mine'), and accordingly have FeSg and Pl variants (lil-t-i, lwaayl-i), see DHF l.lxxv.
ref: 2013, Jeffrey Heath, Jewish and Muslim Dialects of Moroccan Arabic:
text: In the first phase, the grasp of an abstraction, the concept 'size' does not function nominally, rather it provides a way of thinking the quality of something.
ref: 2013, Peter de Bola, The Architecture of Concepts:
glosses: As a noun.
remarkably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈmɑɹkəbli/
ipa: /ɹɪˈmɑːkəbli/
Forms: form: more remarkably
form: most remarkably
Etymology: From remarkable + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: He performed the piece remarkably, offering novel interpretations to its nearly cliched passages.
topics: manner
glosses: In a remarkable manner.
examples: text: That dog is remarkably fierce.
text: Suggestions that those leaders are irrational and their decisions unfathomable are remarkably shallow. North Korea is not a theocracy led by zealots who preach the rewards of the afterlife.
ref: 2013 April 9, Andrei Lankov, “Stay Cool. Call North Korea’s Bluff.”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 11 Apr 2013:
qualifier: degree
glosses: To a noteworthy extent.
examples: text: Remarkably, three State assembly elections were decided by a total of fewer than one hundred votes.
qualifier: evaluative
glosses: Used to draw special attention to a proposition.
cautiously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɔːʃəsli/
ipa: /ˈkɑʃəsli/
Forms: form: more cautiously
form: most cautiously
Etymology: From cautious + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: He said cautiously, "I do not think it right, Imperator."
ref: 1966, James Workman, The Mad Emperor, Melbourne, Sydney: Scripts, page 147:
glosses: In a cautious manner.
Synonyms: word: gingerly
word: cannily
word: carefully
word: charily
word: chary
word: conservatively
word: discreetly
word: prudently
word: safely
word: tentatively
word: warily
Related terms: word: caution
word: cautious
warmly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɔɹmli/
ipa: /ˈwɔːmli/
Forms: form: warmlier
form: more warmly
form: warmliest
form: most warmly
Etymology: From warm + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Be sure to dress warmly today!
text: When praying in winter — and the winter in Regensburg was very cold — one should not shorten the prayers. He who is not warmly dressed, should go home.
ref: 2024, David Golinkin, “Should the cantor pray slowly or shorten the service?”, in Responsa in a Moment, volume 4, page 8:
glosses: In a manner that maintains warm temperature.
examples: text: I said so - I said so warmly, for I felt that the Professor was an ill-used man.
ref: 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
glosses: In a warm, friendly manner.
examples: text: One evening in particular, about a week after Colonel Brandon left the country, his heart seemed more than usually open to every feeling of attachment to the objects around him; and on Mrs. Dashwood’s happening to mention her design of improving the cottage in the spring, he warmly opposed every alteration of a place which affection had established as perfect with him. “What!” he exclaimed⁠—“improve this dear cottage! No. That I will never consent to. Not a stone must be added to its walls, not an inch to its size, if my feelings are regarded.”
ref: 1811, [Jane Austen], chapter XIV, in Sense and Sensibility […], volume I, London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 166:
text: Elinor then ventured to doubt the propriety of her receiving such a present from a man so little, or at least so lately known to her. This was too much. “You are mistaken, Elinor,” said she warmly, “in supposing I know very little of Willoughby."
ref: 1811, [Jane Austen], chapter XII, in Sense and Sensibility […], volume I, London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 135:
glosses: With emotion, especially some anger; somewhat hotly.
seemingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsiːmɪŋli/
Forms: form: more seemingly
form: most seemingly
Etymology: From Middle English semyngly, equivalent to seeming + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: […] an object, seemingly like those which we have experienced, may be attended with different or contrary effects.
ref: 1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral, section 15, Oxford University Press, published 1973:
text: Mr. Woodhouse at last was off; but Mr. Knightley, instead of being immediately off likewise, sat down again, seemingly inclined for more chat. He began speaking of Harriet, and speaking of her with more voluntary praise than Emma had ever heard before.
ref: 1816, Jane Austen, chapter 8, in Emma, volume 1:
text: Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.
ref: 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter V, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
text: He sacrificed nothing, laboring to get even the most seemingly insignificant element of every record perfect.
ref: 2006, Ace Collins, More Stories Behind the Best-Loved Songs of Christmas, page 64:
text: With rain lashing across the ground at kick-off and every man in Auckland seemingly either English-born or supporting Scotland, Eden Park was transformed into Murrayfield in March.
ref: 2011 October 1, Tom Fordyce, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: As it appears; apparently.
examples: text: It was possibly chagrin at this neglect that caused James to omit the most ordinary courtesies to the few gentlemen who had behaved seemingly:[…].
ref: 1950, Francis Charles Turner, James II, page 172:
text: […]was restored to his throne but only on the understanding that he behave seemingly.
ref: 1974, G[odfrey] N[wanoruo] Uzoigwe, Britain and the Conquest of Africa: The Age of Salisbury, page 180:
text: […]they know the roles and statuses of deities, ancestral spirits, and men, and how to behave seemingly in their presence.
ref: 1989, Yi-fu Tuan, Morality & Imagination: Paradoxes of Progress, page 40:
glosses: In a seemly manner; decorously; with propriety.
Synonyms: sense: as it appears
word: at first blush
word: ostensibly
word: prima facie
sense: in a seemly manner
word: becomingly
sense: in a seemly manner
word: proprietously
Derived terms: unseemingly
richly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɪt͡ʃli/
Forms: form: richlier
form: more richly
form: richliest
form: most richly
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English richely, from Old English rīċlīċe, from Proto-West Germanic *rīkīlīkō, from Proto-Germanic *rīkijalīkô; by surface analysis, rich + -ly (adverbial suffix).
Senses: examples: text: She was a fat, round little woman, richly apparelled in velvet and lace, […]; and the way she laughed, cackling like a hen, the way she talked to the waiters and the maid,[…]—all these unexpected phenomena impelled one to hysterical mirth, and made one class her with such immortally ludicrous types as Ally Sloper, the Widow Twankey, or Miss Moucher.
ref: 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter II, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
glosses: In a luxurious manner; full of majesty or expression:
In an attractive or manner; full of colour or detail.
glosses: In a luxurious manner; full of majesty or expression:
In a manner that occupies the non-visual senses; flavourfully, deeply.
glosses: Done advantageously, done as to be wealthy.
raw_tags: of a marriage
examples: text: a richly deserved comeuppance
glosses: Thoroughly, totally; in an ample manner.
humbly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhʌmbli/
Forms: form: more humbly
form: most humbly
Etymology: From Middle English humbely, humbliche, equivalent to humble + -ly. Displaced Old English ēaþmōdlīċe.
Senses: examples: text: I humbly accept this award.
text: Hee hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doeth the Lord require of thee, but to do iustly, and to loue mercy, and to walke humbly with thy God?
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Micah 6:8:
text: At the end of a week, she could bear the suspense no longer, and so went humbly to her old home and sought forgiveness.
ref: 1850, T. S. Arthur, “Happy on a Little”, in Sketches of Life and Character, Philadelphia: J. W. Bradley, →OCLC, page 89:
text: The greatest difficulty is to do great things humbly.
ref: 1958, Vincent McNabb, “Principles of the Spiritual Life”, in Stars of Comfort[:] Retreat Conferences, Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, →OCLC, page 111:
glosses: In a humble manner.
universally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌjunɪˈvɝsəli/
ipa: /ˌjuːnɪˈvɜːsəli/
Forms: form: more universally
form: most universally
Etymology: From Middle English universally; equivalent to universal + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: My experience of the people was that they were universally polite, civil, and clean, and during the whole time I spent in the country, I only saw one drunken man.
ref: 1909, John Claude White, Sikhim and Bhutan, page 12:
text: If successful, Edison and Ford—in 1914—would move society away from the ever more expensive and then universally known killing hazards of gasoline cars: […] .
ref: 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, in Internal Combustion:
glosses: In a universal manner.
examples: text: The movie was universally praised by its audience.
text: It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
ref: 1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter I, in Pride and Prejudice: […], volume I, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 1:
text: Each written word when spoken is mutually incomprehensible between a Mandarin speaker in Beijing and a Cantonese speaker in Hong Kong. If you think that’s odd, consider our number system: the symbol “9” is universally recognized but it’s pronounced “nine” in English and “devet” in Slovenian.
ref: 2021 April 25, John Malathronas, “Which languages are easiest – and most difficult – for native English speakers to learn?”, in CNN:
glosses: By everyone or by the vast majority of people.
Derived terms: universally unique identifier
expressly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪkˈspɹɛsli/
Etymology: From express + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: We were expressly permitted to use the building. See – here is the note from the manager clearly stating that we have permission to use the building.
text: "What do you think of this sentence, my dear Lizzy?" said Jane as she finished it. "Is it not clear enough? Does it not expressly declare that Caroline neither expects nor wishes me to be her sister; […]"
ref: 1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter 21, in Pride and Prejudice: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC:
text: "No term or condition of this Public License will be waived and no failure to comply consented to unless expressly agreed to by the Licensor."
ref: 2013 November 24, “Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International Public License”, in Wikisource:
synonyms: word: explicitly
word: expressis verbis
word: clearly
word: directly
word: downrightly
word: explicitly
word: expressis verbis
word: expressly
word: patently
word: plainly
word: specifically
word: unambiguously
word: unequivocally
word: univocally
glosses: In an express or explicit manner; in a clear or specific manner.
examples: text: No round of beef or tongue or ham is expressly cooked for me, […]
ref: 1860 January 28 – October 13, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the chapter)”, in The Uncommercial Traveller, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1861, →OCLC:
synonyms: word: solely
word: alone
word: entirely
word: exclusively
word: expressly
word: only
word: solely
word: wholly
glosses: Exclusively or specifically.
unconsciously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌʌnˈkɑnʃəsli/
ipa: /ˌʌnˈkɒnʃəsli/
Forms: form: more unconsciously
form: most unconsciously
Etymology: From un- + consciously, and more rarely, from unconscious + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Emily had thought she was accustomed to consider Lorraine attached to another; but that vague hope which lingers so unconsciously in the human heart, or not so much hope as uncertainty, that had as yet given no tangible shape to her rival, had ill prepared her to find that rival in her own familiar companion.
ref: 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XII, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 246:
glosses: In an unconscious manner; unknowingly
insouciance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈsuːsi.əns/
Forms: form: insouciances
Etymology: From French insouciance, from in- (“not”) + souciant (“worrying”).
Senses: examples: text: So Gelernter, with an insouciance he now regrets, also chose a Lovelace as a namesake—Linda, the lead actress in "Deep Throat."
ref: 1995 May 21, Steven Levy, “The Unabomber and David Gelernter”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: Carelessness, heedlessness, indifference, or casual unconcern.
examples: text: She almost felt insulted by [the wild boar's] insouciance as it rooted in her grove.
ref: 2024, Patrik Jonsson and Melanie Stetson Freeman, Florida woman kills wild boar with mango. (This is not a meme.), in: The Christian Science Monitor, August 27 2024
glosses: Nonchalance.
iconostasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌaɪkəˈnɒstəsɪs/
Forms: form: iconostases
form: iconostaseis
form: iconstasis
Etymology: Borrowed from Byzantine Greek εἰκονόστασις (eikonóstasis), from εἰκών (eikṓn, “icon”) + στάσις (stásis, “fixture”).
Senses: examples: text: The altar was hidden behind an Iconostasis. The church was looked after by an old sacristan who lived in a cottage on the shore of the lake.
ref: 1932, Maurice Baring, chapter 10, in Friday's Business:
qualifier: Eastern Orthodoxy
glosses: A wall of icons between the sanctuary and the nave in an Eastern Orthodox church.
Related terms: templon
effectually
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈfɛktʃuəli/
ipa: /ɪˈfɛktjʊəli/
ipa: /ɪˈfɛkt͡ʃuːəli/
ipa: /iːˈfɛkt͡ʃʊəli/
Forms: form: more effectually
form: most effectually
Etymology: From effectual + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Though the captain had effectually demolished poor Partridge, yet had he not reaped the harvest he hoped for, which was to turn the foundling out of Mr Allworthy's house.
ref: 1749, Henry Fielding, chapter VII, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book II:
text: Her quick eye detected the cause in a moment; Mr. Courtenaye had just entered the room, though he had not as yet perceived them. Indeed, the position in which Ethel stood effectually screened her from observation; and Henrietta thought she could not do better than stand as they were, thus giving her companion time to recover her outward composure.
ref: 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 9–10:
text: They intrigued and slandered and hated each other only on that account, - but as to effectually lifting a little finger - oh, no.
ref: 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 214:
glosses: In such a way as to achieve a desired result; effectively; so as to have an effect.
Synonyms: completely
effectively
intensely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈtɛnsli/
Forms: form: more intensely
form: most intensely
form: intencely
Etymology: From intense + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: He pursued his studies intensely.
glosses: In an intense manner.
examples: text: An intensely private man, he kept chit-chat to a minimum.
text: You could just use ordinary shop-bought kecap manis to marinade the meat, but making your own is easy, has a far more elegant fragrance and is, above all, such a great brag! Flavouring kecap manis is an intensely personal thing, so try this version now and next time cook the sauce down with crushed, split lemongrass and a shredded lime leaf.
ref: 2015 October 27, Matt Preston, The Simple Secrets to Cooking Everything Better, Plum, →ISBN, page 192:
glosses: To an intense degree, extremely.
Derived terms: hyperintensely
hypointensely
unexpectedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnɪkˈspɛktɪdli/
Forms: form: more unexpectedly
form: most unexpectedly
Etymology: From unexpected + -ly or un- + expectedly.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: against expectations, against all odds, surprisingly
text: […] she was startled by unexpectedly meeting her husband, who was coming to seek her.
ref: 1863, George Eliot, chapter XVI, in Romola, volume II, book II, page 186:
text: Other evidence of former ownerships such as notice-boards, number plates, and makers' plates, are often discovered unexpectedly.
ref: 1952 February 24, H. C. Casserley, “Permanent Wayfarings”, in Railway Magazine, page 77:
text: Texas House Democrats’ historic quorum break unexpectedly ended Thursday evening when at least three new Democrats returned to the floor, paving the way for state Republicans to pass restrictive voting legislation.
ref: 2021 August 19, Dianne Gallagher, “Texas Democrats’ effort to freeze voting bill ends”, in CNN:
antonyms: expectedly
glosses: In an unexpected manner.
unusually
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈjuːʒuəli/
Forms: form: more unusually
form: most unusually
Etymology: From unusual + -ly or un- + usually.
Senses: examples: text: She's unusually happy for someone who's just broken her leg.
text: My convention diary is unusually disjointed, since I was mingily commuting from Berkshire rather than pay £65 per night for a single room.
ref: 2005, David Langford, The Sex Column and Other Misprints, page 66:
text: These first English migrants to Jamestown endured terrible disease and arrived during a period of drought and colder-than-normal winters. The migrants to Roanoke on the outer banks of Carolina, where the English had gone in the 1580s, disappeared. And a brief effort to settle the coast of Maine in 1607 and 1608 failed because of an unusually bitter winter.
ref: 2019 November 25, Peter C. Mancall, “Pilgrims survived until the first Thanksgiving thanks to an epidemic that devastated Native Americans”, in CNN:
glosses: In an unusual manner.
Synonyms: word: unwontedly
word: abnormally
word: atypically
word: exceptionally
word: extraordinarily
word: irregularly
word: uncommonly
word: untypically
word: unusually
Hypernyms: word: specifically
Hyponyms: word: oddly
word: strangely
word: surprisingly
word: unexpectedly
Related terms: word: occasionally
dearly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɪɹli/
ipa: /ˈdɪəli/
Forms: form: more dearly
form: dearlier
form: most dearly
form: dearliest
Etymology: From Middle English derely, deorliche, from Old English dēorlīċe (“worthily, richly”), equivalent to dear + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: the funeral of our dearly beloved sister
glosses: In a dear or precious manner.
examples: text: a dearly priced item
glosses: In a dear or expensive manner.
examples: text: He paid dearly for his mistake.
text: But I take solace in the fact that the public has seen the enormous mountain of evidence proving what Fox did, and Fox paid dearly for it.
ref: 2023 April 21, John Poulos, “Dominion’s C.E.O.: Why We Settled the Lawsuit Against Fox News”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: At great expense; dear.
Derived terms: pay dearly
sell dearly
sell one's life dearly
painfully
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpeɪnfəli/
Forms: form: more painfully
form: most painfully
Etymology: From Middle English peinfully, paynefully, equivalent to painful + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: I limped painfully down the stairs.
text: The unsufficiency and uncandidness of his answer became painfully apparent in the dead silence of the room.
ref: 1906 January–October, Joseph Conrad, chapter IX, in The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale (Collection of British Authors; 3995), copyright edition, London: Bernhard Tauchnitz, published 1907, →OCLC, page 193:
glosses: In a painful manner; as if in pain.
examples: text: That was the most painfully sung rendition of “Fly Me to the Moon” that I’ve ever heard.
glosses: Badly; poorly.
carelessly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɛɹləsli/
ipa: /ˈkɛələsli/
Forms: form: more carelessly
form: most carelessly
Etymology: From careless + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The papers were carelessly strewn on the table.
text: Let us try to imagine the qualms of some Fifth Avenue florist if he could but see so many potential boutonnières, at a dollar apiece, so carelessly heaped up in baskets, lining the dingy pavement.
ref: 1920 March 24, Alice Ballantine Kirjassoff, “FORMOSA THE BEAUTIFUL”, in National Geographic Magazine, page 264:
glosses: Giving the appearance of carelessness; relaxedly.
examples: text: Distracted by the salesperson, he carelessly read the contract.
glosses: Done without care or attention; inattentively.
bravely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹeɪvli/
Forms: form: bravelier
form: more bravely
form: braveliest
form: most bravely
Etymology: From brave + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The soldiers faced the enemy bravely.
text: Here, here, here's an excellent place; here we may see most bravely: I'll tell you them all by their names as they pass by; but mark Troilus above the rest.
ref: c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
text: No, they hold there a large, round wad of tow and cork, enveloped in the thickest and toughest of ox-hide. That bravely and uninjured takes the jam which would have snapped all their oaken handspikes and iron crow-bars.
ref: 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 76, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
text: [H]e stepped forward and said bravely, though his hand trembled, and his face was as pale as snow:—
“My true friend, from the bottom of my broken heart I thank you. Tell me what I am to do, and I shall not falter!”
ref: 1897, Bram Stoker, chapter XVI, in Dracula, New York, N.Y.: Modern Library, →OCLC:
glosses: In a brave manner.
keenly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkiːnli/
Forms: form: more keenly
form: most keenly
Etymology: From Middle English kenely, kenliche, from Old English cēnlīċe (“keenly, boldly, courageously”), equivalent to keen + -ly. Cognate with Saterland Frisian köinlik (“boldly”), archaic German kühnlich (“bravely”).
Senses: examples: text: watch something keenly
text: We played keenly.
glosses: In a keen manner.
inevitably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈnɛvɪtəbli/
ipa: /ɪˈnɛvətəbli/
Etymology: From inevitable + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Inevitably, all creatures eventually die.
text: The sun inevitably rises.
text: Despite the town's best efforts, the dam inevitably gave way.
text: The inevitably cold winter approaches.
text: In a period of transition from steam to diesel, many of the schemes are inevitably of an interim nature and only on full dieselisation will the final pattern be determined and full benefit derived.
ref: 1960 June 24, “Diesel locomotive operation on the Great Eastern Line”, in Trains Illustrated, page 374:
glosses: In a manner that is impossible to avoid or prevent.
examples: text: Inevitably, the next-door neighbour began to mow his lawn just as she lays down her head after a long night shift.
text: The child inevitably began to cry when his mother went to work.
text: The inevitably long line of customers queued for the latest 'Harry Potter'.
text: Far from it: direct military intervention by a Western state – even if Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is requesting it – would dramatically worsen the situation, and ISIS, contrary to what pro-interventionists might say, would inevitably come out on top.
ref: 2014 June 20, Charlie Cooper, “Why the West must ignore Iraq’s pleas for military intervention”, in CNN:
glosses: As usual; predictably; as expected.
Synonyms: sense: in a manner that is impossible to avoid
word: certainly
sense: in a manner that is impossible to avoid
word: inexorably
sense: in a manner that is impossible to avoid
word: unavoidably
sense: in a manner that is impossible to avoid
word: necessarily
sense: as usual
word: always
sense: as usual
word: predictably
sense: as usual
word: regularly
word: ineluctably
word: inescapably
word: inevitably
word: relentlessly
word: sure as a gun
word: sure as fate
word: surely
word: unrelentingly
Related terms: word: inevitability
word: inevitable
word: intrinsically
privately
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹaɪvɪtli/
ipa: /ˈpɹaɪvətli/
Forms: form: more privately
form: most privately
Etymology: From private + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Arley's ferry boat has been replaced by a single-span pedestrian bridge. This leads to the old Harbour Inn and the impeccably restored railway station, now part of the privately run steam-operated Severn Valley Railway.
ref: 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 389, about Upper Arley:
text: Alonso and Ferrari may well privately regret the decision to delay their second pit stop until two laps after Maldonado made his on the 24th of 66 laps.
ref: 2012 May 13, Andrew Benson, “Williams's Pastor Maldonado takes landmark Spanish Grand Prix win”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: In a private manner.
Derived terms: privately held
ramen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɑːmən/
ipa: /ˈɹɑmən/
rhymes: -ɑːmən
Forms: form: ramens
form: lamen
form: rāmen
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese ラーメン (rāmen), from Mandarin 拉麵 /拉面 (lāmiàn, “pulled noodles”). Doublet of laghman, lamian, and ramyeon.
Senses: examples: text: A founder’s first goal, Graham wrote, is becoming “ramen profitable”: spending thriftily and making just enough to afford ramen noodles for dinner.
ref: 2016 October 3, Tad Friend, “Sam Altman’s Manifest Destiny”, in The New Yorker:
coordinate_terms: mee#Etymology_2
glosses: Soup noodles of wheat, with various ingredients (Japanese-Chinese style).
glosses: A type of instant noodles.
Derived terms: pho-men
ram-don
ramen profitable
Related terms: ramenya
ramyeon
ramen
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɑːmən/
ipa: /ˈɹɑmən/
rhymes: -ɑːmən
Forms: form: lamen
form: rāmen
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese ラーメン (rāmen), from Mandarin 拉麵 /拉面 (lāmiàn, “pulled noodles”). Doublet of laghman, lamian, and ramyeon.
Senses: examples: text: [...] For thine is the colander, the noodle, and the sauce, forever and ever. RAmen.
ref: 2005, Mel Sharples, “Prayer In City Council Meetings??”, in ott.general (Usenet):
text: … For thine are Meatballs, and the beer, and the strippers, for ever and ever. RAmen.
ref: 2006, bg1...@apexmail.com, A Pastafarian's prayer, alt.atheism
text: They will let me wear The Chosen Attire at work, however. Ramen.
ref: 2006, Roger Bryant, “Re: Is this all?”, in alt.religion.pastafarianism (Usenet):
text: No, no, no! Until YOU stand before His Noodliness when you die. And if you do not believe in the Flying Spaghetti Monster (RAmen brother!) then you will not get to partake of the beer volcanoes, nor enjoy the strippers in Heaven.
ref: 2008, Terry, Re: We do not have a 'soul' = an immaterial and immortal piece, alt.agnosticism
text: YHWH" = tetragrammaton. "FSM" = tetrazziniton. Ramen.
ref: 2008, DuhIdiot, Re: Let's sanitize song lyrics by removing references to religious garbage, alt.atheism
text: May the Fork be with you... RAmen.
ref: 2009, JFlexer, MAN PRAYS TO FLYING SPAGHETTI MONSTER (plus other March 4 FlashNews.com Shorts), alt.gossip.celebrities
glosses: amen
tolerably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɑləɹəbli/
ipa: /ˈtɒləɹəbli/
Forms: form: more tolerably
form: most tolerably
Etymology: From tolerable + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: I don't like the music, but it's tolerably quiet.
glosses: In a tolerable manner; to an extent that can be tolerated.
examples: text: With a small knife or larding pin, cut holes in the beef, to receive the bacon thus prepared; place the lardings tolerably thick and even; rub the beef over with the remainder of the seasoning […]
ref: 1819, The Ladies' Literary Cabinet:
text: At least, he may claim that we should bring to him a tolerably patient and receptive mind, not a repelling, refusive mind; in a word, that we should treat him with decency, if we profess to attend to him at all.
ref: 1883, The Book-lover's Enchiridion, page 415:
glosses: Reasonably; acceptably; somewhat.
roble
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: robles
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish
Senses: glosses: California white oak (Quercus lobata).
glosses: Nothofagus obliqua (syn. Lophozonia obliqua); noble beech.
expurgated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of expurgate
expurgated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: In a subsequent expurgated retelling, his complaint that the customer had been a f*cking pain in the ass was reported as "a pain in the rear".
glosses: Having had erroneous, obscene, or other objectionable material removed.
Hyponyms: bowdlerized
Derived terms: unexpurgated
Related terms: minced
air bubble
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ʌbəl
Forms: form: air bubbles
Senses: glosses: A small pocket of air inside a solid, a liquid or surrounded by a colloid within a larger fluid environment.
spanakopita
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌspænəˈkoʊpɪtə/
Forms: form: spanakopitas
form: spanakopites
Etymology: Modern Greek σπανακόπιτα (spanakópita), from σπανάκι (spanáki, “spinach”) + πίτα (píta, “pie”). Usually short for σπανακοτυρόπιτα (spanakotyrópita, “spanakotiropita, spinach and cheese pie”), from same as above and τυρί (tyrí, “cheese”).
Senses: examples: text: Soon, she’s toting a tray of miniature spanakopites, wedging it between groups of men and women who all seem to have arrived at once, as if they’ve been brought in a chartered bus to populate the house, to form a small privileged nation.
ref: 1983, Hilma Wolitzer, chapter 30, in In the Palomar Arms, New York, N.Y.: Farrar/Straus/Giroux, →ISBN, page 231:
text: They laughed and enjoyed baking bread, buns and spanakopites (her Mama taught her the art of making filo pastry).
ref: 2012, Olympia Rizidis, “Olga Returns to Her Parents”, in This Is Our Promised Land, Brisbane, Qld.: Boolarong Press, →ISBN, page 42:
text: Bowls of melitzanosalata and tzatziki had been laid out, platters of spanakopita, meatballs, tiropitas, and two bottles of wine.
ref: 2017, Lynn Freed, The Last Laugh: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Sarah Crichton Books, →ISBN, page 94:
text: A large order today, he’d said. Mrs Yiasoumi had a delicate stomach and could hardly get out of bed, so he’d take five of her freshest spanakopites.
ref: 2021, Mary Karras, “London – 1986”, in The Making of Mrs Petrakis, London: Two Roads, →ISBN:
qualifier: Usually short for spanakotiropita
glosses: A Greek dish made with pre-cooked spinach, butter, olive oil, cheese, green onions, egg, and seasoning in phyllo pastry.
glosses: The same or similar dishes made without cheese.
ump
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌmp/
rhymes: -ʌmp
Forms: form: umps
Etymology: Clipping of umpire.
Senses: examples: text: If you take it to court, you're the guy who screams at the ump ’cause they don't like the call at the plate.
ref: 2006, Eli Attie and John Wells, The West Wing, season 7, episode 17 “Election Day Part II”
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: An umpire.
ump
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌmp/
rhymes: -ʌmp
Forms: form: umps
form: umping
form: umped
form: umped
Etymology: Clipping of umpire.
Senses: examples: text: On the block when we were growing up we called him Ronnie the Enforcer because he umped all the stickball games and reffed the hockey.
ref: 1982, Stephen King, Survivor Type:
glosses: To act as an umpire (in).
Related terms: umpty-ump
mint imperials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mint imperial
Amata
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Amatas
Etymology: From Latin amāta (“loved, beloved”); feminine perfect passive participle of amāre (“love”). It can also be interpreted as the feminine form of the saint's name Amātus.
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Latin; always rare in English.
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The wife of Latinus and the mother of Lavinia.
Related terms: Aimee
amatory
Amee
Amey
Amie
Amy
straightaway
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈstɹeɪtəˌweɪ/
/ˌstɹeɪtəˈweɪ/
Forms: form: straightaways
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of straightway (“A straight section of a racetrack.”).
straightaway
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: /ˈstɹeɪtəˌweɪ/
/ˌstɹeɪtəˈweɪ/
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of straight away (“at once; immediately”).
straightaway
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈstɹeɪtəˌweɪ/
/ˌstɹeɪtəˈweɪ/
Senses: glosses: Extending into the distance in a straight line.
ingles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ingle
civility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɪˈvɪl.ɪ.ti/
Forms: form: civilities
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin civilitas: compare French civilité. English equivalent civil + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: This is an exact Inventory of what we found about the Body of the Man-Mountain, who uſed us with great Civility, and due Reſpect to your Majefty's Commiſſion.
ref: 1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Emperor of Lilliput, Attended by Several of the Nobility, Come to See the Author in His Confinement. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume I, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part I (A Voyage to Lilliput), page 43:
text: December 1749 Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, letter to his son
The insolent civility of a proud man is, if possible, more shocking than his rudeness could be.
glosses: Speech or behaviour that is fit for civil interactions; politeness, courtesy.
examples: text: Mr Lovelace received from every one those civilities which were due to his birth […]
ref: 1748, [Samuel Richardson], chapter III, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume I, London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […], →OCLC:
glosses: An individual act or expression of polite behaviour; a courtesy.
examples: text: Monarchies have risen from barbarism to civility, and fallen again to ruin.
ref: 1612, John Davies, Discoverie of the True Causes why Ireland was never entirely subdued:
glosses: The state or fact of being civilized; civilization.
examples: text: For what an enormity is this in a chriſtian realme to ſerue in a ciuility, hauinge the profyt of a Prouoſtſhip and a Deanrye, and a Perſonage? But I wil tel you what is lyke to come of it. It wil bring the clergy ſhortly into a very ſlauery.
ref: 1549 March 25 (Gregorian calendar), Hughe Latymer [i.e., Hugh Latimer], Augustine Bernher, compiler, “[27 Sermons Preached by the Ryght Reuerende Father in God and Constant Matir of Iesus Christe, Maister Hugh Latimer, […].] The Second Sermon of Maister Hughe Latimer, which He Preached before King Edward [VI].”, in Certayn Godly Sermons, Made uppon the Lords Prayer, […], London: […] John Day, […], published 1562, →OCLC, folio 36, recto:
glosses: A civil office; a civil capacity.
Derived terms: overcivility
uncivility
ennuye
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ennuye
form: most ennuye
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ennuyé.
mint imperial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mint imperials
Senses: glosses: A small round confection having a hard sugar coat and a soft minty centre; sometimes given to customers at the end of a restaurant meal when they pay the bill.
fortunes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɔː(ɹ).tjuːnz/
Senses: glosses: plural of fortune
fortunes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɔː(ɹ).tjuːnz/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fortune
rays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: rāz
ipa: /ɹeɪz/
homophone: raise
homophone: rase
homophone: raze
homophone: rehs
homophone: réis
homophone: res
rhymes: -eɪz
Senses: glosses: plural of ray
rays
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: rāz
ipa: /ɹeɪz/
homophone: raise
homophone: rase
homophone: raze
homophone: rehs
homophone: réis
homophone: res
rhymes: -eɪz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ray
shores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: shôrz
ipa: /ʃɔɹz/
enpr: shôz
ipa: /ʃɔːz/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
enpr: shōrzʹ
ipa: /ʃo(ː)ɹz/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /ʃoəz/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)z
Senses: glosses: plural of shore
shores
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: shôrz
ipa: /ʃɔɹz/
enpr: shôz
ipa: /ʃɔːz/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
enpr: shōrzʹ
ipa: /ʃo(ː)ɹz/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /ʃoəz/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)z
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of shore
sleeper
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsliːpə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -iːpə(ɹ)
Forms: form: sleepers
form: sleepering
form: sleepered
form: sleepered
Etymology: From Middle English sleper, equivalent to sleep + -er.
Senses: examples: text: I expect there ain't a trick to maverickin' and sleeperin' and changin' a brand he don't know.
ref: 1963, Jack Schaefer, Monte Walsh, page 81:
glosses: To mark a calf by cutting its ear.
sleeper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsliːpə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -iːpə(ɹ)
Forms: form: sleepers
Etymology: Compare Norwegian sleip (“a sleeper (a timber); as adjective, slippery, smooth”). See slape.
Senses: examples: text: The train, minus the three abandoned trucks, again proceeded at a slow pace, with a pump trolley doing pilot ahead ; this was very necessary as a great many sleepers were found to have been burnt underneath the fishplates.
ref: 1901, George Gipps, The Fighting in North China (up to the Fall of Tientsin City), Shanghai: Kelly and Walsh, →OL, page 40:
text: I should imagine that the smooth riding and the quietness of the diesel or electric cab, coupled with the effect on the eyes of endless successions of sleepers disappearing from sight immediately under the driver's eyes, might in time have a soporific effect, so that the company of a second man, who can assist in signal observations when he is not at work in the engine cab, seems highly desirable in such conditions.
ref: 1961 July, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, page 401:
text: Government surveyors set to work, importing hundreds of Indian coolies, thousands of donkeys and camels, and the millions of sleepers required for this monstrous engineering project.
ref: 2009, Michela Wrong, It’s Our Turn to Eat: The Story of a Kenyan Whistle Blower:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
synonyms: word: tie
glosses: A railroad tie.
topics: business
carpentry
construction
manufacturing
glosses: A structural beam in a floor running perpendicular to both the joists beneath and floorboards above.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A heavy floor timber in a ship's bottom.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The lowest, or bottom, tier of casks.
Derived terms: resleeper
sleeperless
sleeper cell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sleeper cells
Senses: glosses: A group of people (sleepers) who inconspicuously remain dormant in a community until activated, by a prearranged signal, in order to perform acts of espionage, sabotage, or terrorism.
drow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɹəʊ/
ipa: /dɹaʊ/
ipa: /dɹoʊ/
ipa: /dɹaʊ/
rhymes: -əʊ
rhymes: -aʊ
Forms: form: drow
Etymology: A Shetlandic and Orcadian alteration of trow, most likely influenced by an unattested Norn *drog (“malevolent [undead] being”). Trow is derived from Norn troll, or otherwise from Old Norse trǫll. L-vocalisation occurred in the early 15th century in Middle Scots, so "trolly knolls" probably became *trowie knowes around this time. The supposed Norn *drog would have been derived from Old Norse draugr.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A trow; a member of a race of folkloric beings from Orkney and Shetland; cognate to the Scandinavian troll.
qualifier: fantasy roleplaying games
glosses: A member of a fictional race of dark elves in various fantasy settings, such as Dungeons & Dragons.
qualifier: fantasy roleplaying games
glosses: A fictional constructed language spoken by the Drow.
Synonyms: sense: member of fictional race
word: dark elf
Derived terms: drider
sleeping car
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sleeping cars
form: sleeper car
Senses: examples: text: In August 1859, eighty years ago, a sleeping car appeared on the Chicago & Alton Railroad of the United States, a great advance on the primitive facilities previously available.
ref: 1939 November, “Pertinent Paragraphs: The Sleeping Car”, in Railway Magazine, page 360:
text: Today, the 'Night Riviera' is one of only two sleeping car services that survive in the UK.
ref: 2024 September 4, David Clough, “All aboard the 'Night Riviera' to Penzance”, in RAIL, number 1017, page 58:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: A railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.
railroad car
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: railroad cars
Senses: synonyms: word: railway wagon
word: railwagon
word: railway carriage
word: rail-carriage
word: railway truck
word: railtruck
word: truck
word: railcar
english: only in Canada and the US
translation: only in Canada and the US
word: bogie
hyponyms: boxcar
passenger car
goods wagon
flat wagon
glosses: Any railway vehicle or rolling stock.
Hyponyms: boxcar
rolling stock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rolling stocks
form: rolling-stock
form: rollingstock
Senses: examples: text: ... while Grand Union says spare rolling stock could be used to provide additional capacity during events at the Principality Stadium and Celtic Manor Resort.
ref: 2019 October, “South Wales open access bid”, in Modern Railways, page 15:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: All vehicles that move on a railway, powered or unpowered.
glosses: Any such vehicle.
Hyponyms: sense: vehicle
word: car
sense: vehicle
word: coach
sense: vehicle
word: locomotive
sense: vehicle
word: multiple unit
sense: vehicle
word: railcar
sense: vehicle
word: wagon
sense: vehicle
word: waggon
Derived terms: ROSCO
war story
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: war stories
Senses: glosses: Any narrative of an event, involving either military or civilian characters, in wartime.
examples: text: Embedded/Real-Time Systems: Send us your war stories and insights on programming in embedded systems […]
ref: 2004, C/C++ Users Journal, volume 22, page 61:
glosses: A description of a serious or difficult experience or ordeal.
second session
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: second sessions
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: the session of a day's play between lunch and tea
Synonyms: afternoon session
Related terms: first session
third session
third session
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: third sessions
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: the session of a day's play between tea and close of play
Synonyms: evening session
Related terms: first session
second session
second slip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: second slips
Senses: examples: text: He positioned his top batsman and brilliant catcher at second slip.
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The fielding position between first slip and third slip.