Sentence:  `` Comment '' ? ejaculated the surprised woman , looking at Alex for an explanation but he , parting from her without ceremony , only offered a few words about the doctor 's provincial <WSD>American</WSD> speech and a state of nerves brought on by the demands of his work . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  of or relating to the United States of America or its people or language or culture