deshanksuman/cornercases_fews_wsd huggingface dataset:
Sentence:  She 'd say she did n't feel good on Sunday , could n't go to church - there 'd be a [WSD]little[/WSD] argument , but she could be stubborn - and when the old woman had gone , quick pack the things she 'd need to take , all but the dress she 'd wear Monday , and take the bag down to that place in the station where you could put things in a locker overnight , for a dime . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
Sentence:  He seemed to remember reading somewhere that Abyssinians had large [WSD]litters[/WSD] , and suffered a dismaying vision of the apartment overrun with a dozen kittens . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the offspring at one birth of a multiparous mammal
Sentence:  From the time he had been at college he had achieved a certain [WSD]tranquility[/WSD] and composure by accepting the fact that there were certain things he could never know . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a disposition free from stress or emotion
Sentence:  There 's so [WSD]little[/WSD] to do '' . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  not much
Sentence:  Her [WSD]little[/WSD] brown face wrinkled up , her brown eyes gleamed , and with her little gestures she said all the courteous things . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
Sentence:  Her little brown face wrinkled up , her brown eyes gleamed , and with her [WSD]little[/WSD] gestures she said all the courteous things . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
Sentence:  And they sat down and began their [WSD]little[/WSD] coffee party . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
Sentence:  Now a [WSD]little[/WSD] flush came on her pale homely face and enchantment in her eyes . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
Sentence:  By contrast , even experienced linguists commonly know no more of the range of [WSD]possibilities[/WSD] in tone systems than the over-simple distinction between register and contour languages . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  capability of existing or happening or being true
Sentence:  But it is worth pondering that very [WSD]little[/WSD] has been published on any phase of field techniques in linguistics . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a small amount or duration
Sentence:  The [WSD]possibilities[/WSD] in the consonantal system are very numerous , and only a small portion of them are actually used . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a future prospect or potential
Sentence:  The [WSD]possibilities[/WSD] are few , and the total number of rules may be considerably greater . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a future prospect or potential
Sentence:  His orthographic recommendations are no simplistic acceptance of phonemics on the one hand or of [WSD]superficiality[/WSD] on the other . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  lack of depth of knowledge or thought or feeling
Sentence:  But I suspect that the old Roman was referring to change made under [WSD]military[/WSD] occupation - the sort of change which Tacitus was talking about when he said , `` They make a desert , and call it peace '' ( `` Solitudinem faciunt , pacem appellant '' . ) 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  of or relating to the study of the principles of warfare
Sentence:  Southern Liberals ( there are a good many ) - especially if they 're rich - often exhibit [WSD]blithe[/WSD] insouciance . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  lacking or showing a lack of due concern
Sentence:  Being a teacher of American [WSD]literature[/WSD] , I remembered Whittier 's `` Massachusetts to Virginia '' , where he said : `` But that one dark loathsome burden ye must stagger with alone , And reap the bitter harvest which ye yourselves have sown '' . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the humanistic study of a body of literature
Sentence:  You certainly could n't take them into the [WSD]little[/WSD] apartment and if you tried to farm them out for two or three days every week they would become so confused that they would have nervous breakdowns . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
Sentence:  It worried him , this [WSD]inability[/WSD] to get the simplest things done in the course of a day . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  lack of ability (especially mental ability) to do something
Sentence:  He found a match in his pocket and [WSD]lit[/WSD] it . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat
Sentence:  `` You and I have a [WSD]little[/WSD] talking to do , Jess . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a small amount or duration
Sentence:  Black would have [WSD]little[/WSD] trouble getting out , but it might delay him a few minutes . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some
Sentence:  In view of the increasing shortage of usable surface and ground water in many parts of the Nation and the importance of finding new sources of supply to meet its present and future water needs , it is the policy of the Congress to provide for the development of practicable low-cost means for the large-scale production of water of a [WSD]quality[/WSD] suitable for municipal , industrial , agricultural , and other beneficial consumptive uses from saline water , and for studies and research related thereto . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a degree or grade of excellence or worth
Sentence:  utilize the [WSD]facilities[/WSD] of Federal scientific laboratories ; 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry
Sentence:  establish and operate necessary [WSD]facilities[/WSD] and test sites at which to carry on the continuous research , testing , development , and programming necessary to effectuate the purposes of this Act ; 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry
Sentence:  acquire secret processes , technical data , inventions , patent applications , patents , licenses , land and interests in land ( including water rights ) , plants and [WSD]facilities[/WSD] , and other property or rights by purchase , license , lease , or donation ; 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry
Sentence:  assemble and maintain pertinent and current scientific [WSD]literature[/WSD] , both domestic and foreign , and issue bibliographical data with respect thereto ; 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  creative writing of recognized artistic value
Sentence:  coordinate , correlate , and publish information with a view to advancing the development of low-cost saline water conversion projects ; and cooperate with other Federal departments and agencies , with State and local departments , agencies , and [WSD]instrumentalities[/WSD] , and with interested persons , firms , institutions , and organizations . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a subsidiary organ of government created for a special purpose
Sentence:  Research and development activities undertaken by the Secretary shall be coordinated or conducted jointly with the Department of Defense to the end that developments under this Act which are primarily of a civil nature will contribute to the defense of the Nation and that developments which are primarily of a [WSD]military[/WSD] nature will , to the greatest practicable extent compatible with military and security requirements , be available to advance the purposes of this Act and to strengthen the civil economy of the Nation . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  associated with or performed by members of the armed services as contrasted with civilians
Sentence:  Research and development activities undertaken by the Secretary shall be coordinated or conducted jointly with the Department of Defense to the end that developments under this Act which are primarily of a civil nature will contribute to the defense of the Nation and that developments which are primarily of a military nature will , to the greatest practicable extent compatible with [WSD]military[/WSD] and security requirements , be available to advance the purposes of this Act and to strengthen the civil economy of the Nation . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  of or relating to the study of the principles of warfare
Sentence:  The enormity of what Conrad had told him made it impossible for Gilborn to accept , with any degree of realism , the [WSD]actuality[/WSD] of it . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the state of actually existing objectively
Sentence:  Not once , in the time that he had known her , had he ever considered the [WSD]possibility[/WSD] , not once , not for one one-thousandth of a second , of her infidelity . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena
Sentence:  Not once , in the time that he had known her , had he ever considered the possibility , not once , not for one one-thousandth of a second , of her [WSD]infidelity[/WSD] . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the quality of being unfaithful
Sentence:  But Blanche had been able to maintain a serene and assured composure in the face of her widowed mother 's continued carping , had been able to resist her urgings to date anyone who offered the slightest [WSD]possibility[/WSD] of matrimony . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a future prospect or potential
Sentence:  On that first day , Blanche [WSD]literally[/WSD] thought she was going to die , or , at the very least , go out of her mind . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in a literal sense
Sentence:  Stanley had filled out the return and because , when he was finished , it was close to the lunch hour , he had [WSD]politely[/WSD] asked Kitti to join him , never expecting her to accept . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in a polite manner
Sentence:  These [WSD]qualities[/WSD] endeared him to both the musicians and the social economic haute monde which supported the concert world of the post World War 1 , era . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
Sentence:  Need for novelty may be a symptom of cultural fatigue and [WSD]instability[/WSD] . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  an unstable order
Sentence:  When Stravinsky shaped his purpose to the shifting scenes of many cultures , many salons , many dialectics , many [WSD]personalities[/WSD] , he tried to refashion himself into a stylist of many styles , determined by many disparate cultures . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual
Sentence:  Stravinsky , nearing the age of eighty , is like a lost and frantic bird , [WSD]flitting[/WSD] from one abandoned nest to another , searching for a home . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
Sentence:  Prokofieff was able to adjust his creative [WSD]personality[/WSD] to a swiftly changing world without losing his particular force and direction . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual
Sentence:  With a large and circumspect 20 th Century technique , he wove the materials of national heroes and events , national folklore and children 's fairy tales - Slavic dances and love songs - into a solid musical [WSD]literature[/WSD] which served his people well , and is providing much enjoyment to the World at large . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  creative writing of recognized artistic value
Sentence:  In a few places cooperative programs between schools and employers in clerical work have shown the same [WSD]possibilities[/WSD] for allowing the student , while still in school , to develop skills which are immediately marketable upon graduation . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a future prospect or potential
Sentence:  In general , however , it may be said that when a boy or a girl leaves the high school , the school authorities play [WSD]little[/WSD] or no part in the decision of what happens next . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some
Sentence:  It is at least as important as the more dramatic attempts to break down barriers of [WSD]inequality[/WSD] in the South . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  lack of equality
Sentence:  Fourth , the type of vocational training programs should be related to the employment opportunities in the general [WSD]locality[/WSD] . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a surrounding or nearby region
Sentence:  Those who , because of population [WSD]mobility[/WSD] and the reputed desire of employers to train their own employees , would limit vocational education to general rather than specific skills ought to bear in mind the importance of motivation in any kind of school experience . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the quality of moving freely
Sentence:  Of course , it can be argued that an [WSD]ability[/WSD] to write English correctly and with some degree of elegance is a marketable skill . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done
Sentence:  Therefore employment and education in all the schools in a [WSD]metropolitan[/WSD] area are related in different ways from those which are characteristic of the comprehensive high school described in my first report . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  relating to or characteristic of a metropolis
Sentence:  By and large their programs are satisfactorily connected both to the employment situation and to the [WSD]realities[/WSD] of the apprentice system . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the state of being actual or real
Sentence:  The physical [WSD]facilities[/WSD] at Dunbar are impressive , but more impressive is the attitude of the pupils . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry
Sentence:  Is his a [WSD]literature[/WSD] of defeat , irrelevant to the social crises we face ? 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  creative writing of recognized artistic value
Sentence:  My curiosity was sharpened a day or two before the interview by a conversation I had with a well-informed teacher of [WSD]literature[/WSD] , a Jesuit father , at a conference on religious drama near Paris . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the humanistic study of a body of literature
Sentence:  One might say it combines the man ; own pride and [WSD]humility[/WSD] . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a disposition to be humble; a lack of false pride
Sentence:  For he has the pride that comes of self acceptance and the [WSD]humility[/WSD] , perhaps of the same genesis , not to impose himself upon another . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a disposition to be humble; a lack of false pride
Sentence:  If life and death did not both present themselves to us , there would be no [WSD]inscrutability[/WSD] . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the quality of being impossible to investigate
Sentence:  Take Augustine 's doctrine of grace given and grace withheld : have you pondered the dramatic [WSD]qualities[/WSD] in this theology ? 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
Sentence:  The personal [WSD]quality[/WSD] of Samuel Beckett is similar to qualities I had found in the plays . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
Sentence:  The personal quality of Samuel Beckett is similar to [WSD]qualities[/WSD] I had found in the plays . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
Sentence:  Harold Clurman is right to say that `` Waiting for Godot '' is a reflection ( he calls it a distorted reflection ) `` of the impasse and disarray of Europe 's present [WSD]politics[/WSD] , ethic , and common way of life '' . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  social relations involving intrigue to gain authority or power
Sentence:  The `` [WSD]reality[/WSD] '' to which they respond is rationally empty and their art is an imitation of the inescapable powerfulness of this unknown and empty world . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you
Sentence:  Thus the image of man has suffered complete fragmentation in personal and spiritual [WSD]qualities[/WSD] , and complete objectification in sub-human and quasi mechanistic powers . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
Sentence:  The image of the world tends to reflect the [WSD]hostility[/WSD] and indifference of man or else to dissolve into empty spaces and overwhelming mystery . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition
Sentence:  All such imitations of negative [WSD]quality[/WSD] have given rise to a compensatory response in the form of a heroic and highly individualistic humanism : if man can neither know nor love reality as it is , he can at least invent an artistic `` reality '' which is its own world and which can speak to man of purely personal and subjective qualities capable of being known and worthy of being loved . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
Sentence:  All such imitations of negative quality have given rise to a compensatory response in the form of a heroic and highly individualistic humanism : if man can neither know nor love [WSD]reality[/WSD] as it is , he can at least invent an artistic `` reality '' which is its own world and which can speak to man of purely personal and subjective qualities capable of being known and worthy of being loved . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the state of the world as it really is rather than as you might want it to be
Sentence:  All such imitations of negative quality have given rise to a compensatory response in the form of a heroic and highly individualistic humanism : if man can neither know nor love reality as it is , he can at least invent an artistic `` [WSD]reality[/WSD] '' which is its own world and which can speak to man of purely personal and subjective qualities capable of being known and worthy of being loved . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you
Sentence:  All such imitations of negative quality have given rise to a compensatory response in the form of a heroic and highly individualistic humanism : if man can neither know nor love reality as it is , he can at least invent an artistic `` reality '' which is its own world and which can speak to man of purely personal and subjective [WSD]qualities[/WSD] capable of being known and worthy of being loved . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
Sentence:  We need a doctrine of imitation to save us from the solipsism and [WSD]futility[/WSD] of pure formalism . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  uselessness as a consequence of having no practical result
Sentence:  For Plato , `` imitation '' is twice removed from [WSD]reality[/WSD] , being a poor copy of physical appearance , which in itself is a poor copy of ideal essence . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the state of being actual or real
Sentence:  For both Plato and Aristotle artistic mimesis , in contrast to the power of dialectic , is relatively incapable of expressing the character of fundamental [WSD]reality[/WSD] . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the state of being actual or real
Sentence:  Following the theme of Incarnation in the Gospels , the Christian artist and critic sees in the most commonplace and ordinary events `` figures '' of divine power and [WSD]reality[/WSD] . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the state of being actual or real
Sentence:  He is the conveyor of a sacred [WSD]reality[/WSD] by which he has been grasped . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the state of being actual or real
Sentence:  The images themselves , like their counterparts in experience , are not neutral [WSD]qualities[/WSD] to be surveyed dispassionately ; they are fields of force exerting a unique influence on the sensibilities and a unique relatedness to one another . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
Sentence:  The images themselves , like their counterparts in experience , are not neutral qualities to be surveyed dispassionately ; they are fields of force exerting a unique influence on the [WSD]sensibilities[/WSD] and a unique relatedness to one another . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  mental responsiveness and awareness
Sentence:  They bring an inextricable component of value within themselves , with attractions and repulsions native to their own [WSD]quality[/WSD] . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
Sentence:  Mimesis here is not to be confused with [WSD]literalism[/WSD] or realism in the conventional sense . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the doctrine of realistic (literal) portrayal in art or literature
Sentence:  Similarly experience itself can be conventionalized so that people react to certain preconceived clues for behavior without awareness of the [WSD]vitality[/WSD] of their experiential field . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  an energetic style
Sentence:  When words can be used in a more fresh and primitive way so that they strike with the force of sights and sounds , when tones of sound and colors of paint and the carven shape all strike the [WSD]sensibilities[/WSD] with an undeniable force of data in and of themselves , compelling the observer into an attitude of attention , all this imitates the way experience itself in its deepest character strikes upon the door of consciousness and clamors for entrance . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  mental responsiveness and awareness
Sentence:  Neither is primary experience understood according to the attitude of modern empiricism in which nothing is thought to be received other than signals of sensory [WSD]qualities[/WSD] producing their responses in the appropriate sense organs . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something
Sentence:  Primary feelings of the world come neither as a collection of clearly known objects ( houses , trees , implements , etc . ) nor a collection of isolated and neutral sensory [WSD]qualities[/WSD] . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something
Sentence:  We feel the [WSD]quality[/WSD] of these powers initially as in some degree wholesome or threatening . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something
Sentence:  As long as perception is seen as composed only of isolated sense data , most of the [WSD]quality[/WSD] and interconnectedness of existence loses its objectivity , becomes an invention of consciousness , and the result is a philosophical scepticism . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something
Sentence:  The [WSD]coalition[/WSD] was to prove inadvisable . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty
Sentence:  He had no apparent comprehension of [WSD]morality[/WSD] ; he divided humanity into `` right guys '' and `` wrong guys '' , and the wrong ones he was always willing to kill and trample under . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong; right or good conduct
Sentence:  He had what was described by a psychologist as a `` sunny [WSD]brutality[/WSD] '' . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the trait of extreme cruelty
Sentence:  Landesco thought him `` just a superior sort of plugugly '' but he was , in fact , with his aggression and [WSD]hostility[/WSD] , and nerveless indifference to risking or administering pain , a casebook psychopath . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition
Sentence:  He was also at this time , although not so interwoven in high [WSD]politics[/WSD] and the rackets as Torrio and Capone , the most powerful and most dangerous mob leader in the Chicago underworld , the roughneck king . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  social relations involving intrigue to gain authority or power
Sentence:  But by now O ' Banion 's [WSD]political[/WSD] pull was beginning to be effective . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  involving or characteristic of politics or parties or politicians
Sentence:  He was also personally active in ward [WSD]politics[/WSD] , and by 1924 O ' Banion had acquired sufficient political might to be able to state : `` I always deliver my borough as per requirements '' . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  social relations involving intrigue to gain authority or power
Sentence:  He was also personally active in ward politics , and by 1924 O ' Banion had acquired sufficient [WSD]political[/WSD] might to be able to state : `` I always deliver my borough as per requirements '' . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  involving or characteristic of politics or parties or politicians
Sentence:  The guest list is in itself a [WSD]little[/WSD] parable of the state of American civic life at this time . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
Sentence:  This dinner was the start of a new blatancy in the relationship between the gangs and the [WSD]politicians[/WSD] , which , prior to 1924 , says Pasley , `` had been maintained with more or less stealth '' , but which henceforth was marked by these ostentatious gatherings , denounced by a clergyman as `` Belshazzar feasts '' , at which `` politicians fraternized cheek by jowl with gangsters , openly , in the big downtown hotels '' . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a person active in party politics
Sentence:  This dinner was the start of a new blatancy in the relationship between the gangs and the politicians , which , prior to 1924 , says Pasley , `` had been maintained with more or less stealth '' , but which henceforth was marked by these ostentatious gatherings , denounced by a clergyman as `` Belshazzar feasts '' , at which `` [WSD]politicians[/WSD] fraternized cheek by jowl with gangsters , openly , in the big downtown hotels '' . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a person active in party politics
Sentence:  They were disturbed by his idiotic bravado - as , when his bodyguard , Yankee Schwartz , complained that he had been snubbed by Dave Miller , a prize-fight referee , chieftain of a Jewish gang and one of four brothers of tough reputation , who were Hirschey , a gambler [WSD]politician[/WSD] in loose beer running league with Torrio and O ' Banion , Frank , a policeman , and Max , the youngest . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a person active in party politics
Sentence:  At the end of the performance , Dave and Max came out into the brilliantly [WSD]lit[/WSD] foyer among a surge of gowned and tuxedoed first nighters . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  provided with artificial light
Sentence:  A further example of the incompatible difference in [WSD]personalities[/WSD] was when two policemen held up a Torrio beer convoy on a West Side street and demanded $ 300 to let it through . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual
Sentence:  In I have things to do the word things makes [WSD]little[/WSD] real contribution to meaning and has weaker stress than do . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some
Sentence:  But there is every reason to regard deal as a monosyllable , and because of the fact that / l / commonly has the [WSD]quality[/WSD] of / / when it follows vowel sounds , deal seems to be a perfectly satisfactory rhyme with real . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
Sentence:  As cheerfully as possible , he said , `` Well , I guess we could all do with a [WSD]little[/WSD] drink '' . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
Sentence:  A terrible , numbing sense of [WSD]futility[/WSD] swept over him . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  uselessness as a consequence of having no practical result
Sentence:  Some vocational training schools provide such training , but the current need exceeds the [WSD]facilities[/WSD] . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry
Sentence:  There is [WSD]little[/WSD] doubt that the students benefit from vocational education . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some
Sentence:  These schools are intended to provide the [WSD]facilities[/WSD] and specialized curriculum that would not be possible for very small school districts . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry
Sentence:  Additional courses can readily be added and special cooperative programs worked out with any new industry if the basic [WSD]facilities[/WSD] , staff and program are in being . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry
Sentence:  While the U. S. Department of Labor has a program of projecting industry and occupational employment trends and publishing current outlook statements , there is [WSD]little[/WSD] tangible evidence that these projections have been used extensively in local curriculum planning . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some
Sentence:  There is [WSD]little[/WSD] evidence that existing public or private training programs have any great difficulty getting students to enroll in their programs , even though they must pay tuition , receive no subsistence payments , and are not guaranteed a job . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some
Sentence:  Such training would increase the tendency of workers to leave the area and find jobs in other [WSD]localities[/WSD] . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a surrounding or nearby region
Sentence:  A further [WSD]possibility[/WSD] is suggested by the example of the G. I. bills and also by some recent trends in attitudes toward improving college education : that is to provide financial assistance to individuals for vocational training when local facilities are inadequate . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a possible alternative
Sentence:  A further possibility is suggested by the example of the G. I. bills and also by some recent trends in attitudes toward improving college education : that is to provide financial assistance to individuals for vocational training when local [WSD]facilities[/WSD] are inadequate . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry
Sentence:  Instead of being limited to the poor training [WSD]facilities[/WSD] in remote areas , the student would be able to move to large institutions of concentrated specialized training . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry
Sentence:  This would heighten [WSD]possibilities[/WSD] for part-time cooperative , on-the-job and extension training . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  capability of existing or happening or being true
Sentence:  Sarah had begun to tell Lucien of Emile , she had begun to question and a [WSD]little[/WSD] draft had crept across the room from the bedroom door , open barely enough to show a rim of blackness in the hall . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
Sentence:  She doled out what Glendora vaguely guessed were the right amounts of dried peas , eggs , cornmeal , a [WSD]little[/WSD] salt . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a small amount or duration
Sentence:  The purpose of this paper is to analyze one possible force which has not been treated in the [WSD]literature[/WSD] , but which we believe makes a significant contribution to explaining the wage price behavior of a few very important industries . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  published writings in a particular style on a particular subject
Sentence:  Where the industry 's product price has been kept below the `` profit maximizing '' and `` entry limiting '' prices due to fears of public reaction , the profit seeking producers have an interest in offering [WSD]little[/WSD] real resistance to wage demands . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some
Sentence:  We assume further that the union recognizes the [WSD]possibility[/WSD] that price level increases may offset wage rate increases , and it does not entirely disregard the effect of price increases arising from its own wage increases upon the `` real '' wage rate . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  capability of existing or happening or being true
Sentence:  For internal [WSD]political[/WSD] reasons , the union asks for ( and accepts ) increases in the basic wage rate , and would vigorously oppose a reduction in this rate , but the adjustment of the basic wage rate upwards is essentially up to the discretion of the companies of the industry . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  involving or characteristic of politics or parties or politicians
Sentence:  The presumption in the [WSD]literature[/WSD] would appear to be that the basic wage rate would be unchanged in this case , on the grounds that it is `` clearly '' not in the interest of the industry to raise wages gratuitously . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  published writings in a particular style on a particular subject
Sentence:  Companies of all types have made great advances in production [WSD]capabilities[/WSD] and efficiencies - in modern equipment and new processes , enlarged R + D facilities , faster new product development . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the quality of being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally
Sentence:  Companies of all types have made great advances in production capabilities and efficiencies - in modern equipment and new processes , enlarged R + D [WSD]facilities[/WSD] , faster new product development . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry
Sentence:  Average manufacturer frequently has helped build private brand business , delivering largely the same [WSD]qualities[/WSD] and styles in private brand merchandise as in branded . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
Sentence:  If you have a higher [WSD]quality[/WSD] product , how can you make it stand out - justify its premium price - without the spoken word ? 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a degree or grade of excellence or worth
Sentence:  In your sales force , will a smaller number of higher-priced , high [WSD]quality[/WSD] salesmen serve you best , or can you make out better with a larger number of lower paid salesmen ? 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a degree or grade of excellence or worth
Sentence:  In one company covering the country with a high [WSD]quality[/WSD] sales force of 10 men , the president personally phones each major account every 6 mos. . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a degree or grade of excellence or worth
Sentence:  Is your R + D or product development program tuned in to the commercial [WSD]realities[/WSD] of the market ? 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the state of the world as it really is rather than as you might want it to be
Sentence:  In the future , quantitative demand will be greater because of the expansion of the economy , and the [WSD]qualitative[/WSD] need will be greater still . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  involving distinctions based on qualities
Sentence:  Have you estimated your sales manpower needs for the future ( both quantitatively and [WSD]qualitatively[/WSD] ) ? 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in a qualitative manner
Sentence:  With greater investments in plant [WSD]facilities[/WSD] , with automation growing , you can n't switch around , either in volume or in product design , as much as was formerly possible - or at least not as economically . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry
Sentence:  Now , although the roots of the mystery story in serious [WSD]literature[/WSD] go back as far as Balzac , Dickens , and Poe , it was not until the closing decades of the 19 th century that the private detective became an established figure in popular fiction . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  creative writing of recognized artistic value
Sentence:  The private eye is therefore a moral man ; but his [WSD]morality[/WSD] rests upon that of his society . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
Sentence:  A brief list of the great detective 's [WSD]little[/WSD] idiosyncrasies would provide Dr. Freud with ample food for thought . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
Sentence:  Although he is perfectly willing to cooperate with Scotland Yard , Holmes has nothing but contempt for the intelligence and [WSD]mentality[/WSD] of the police . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  mental ability
Sentence:  In the modern English `` whodunnit '' , this insinuation of latent [WSD]criminality[/WSD] in the detective himself has almost entirely disappeared . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the state of being a criminal
Sentence:  His tough honesty condemns him to a [WSD]solitary[/WSD] and difficult existence . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  characterized by or preferring solitude
Sentence:  A similar tone of underlying [WSD]futility[/WSD] and despair pervades the spy thrillers of Eric Ambler and dominates the most famous of all American mystery stories , Dashiell Hammett 's The Maltese Falcon . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  uselessness as a consequence of having no practical result
Sentence:  He could n't see the grin that [WSD]split[/WSD] her mouth ; the teeth that shone into the phone were like a shark 's . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
Sentence:  Putting the key into the switch , pressing the accelerator with his foot , putting the car into reverse , seemed vast endeavors almost beyond the [WSD]ability[/WSD] of his shaking body . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment
Sentence:  It was just that [WSD]little[/WSD] accidents played into her hands . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  (of children and animals) young, immature
Sentence:  Behind him on the steps of the [WSD]little[/WSD] office sat old man Arthur ; he was straight , something angry in his attitude , as if he might be waiting to report something . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
Sentence:  In any event , whether society may have cancer , or merely a virus infection , the `` disease '' , we shall find , is [WSD]political[/WSD] , economical , social , and even medical . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  involving or characteristic of politics or parties or politicians
Sentence:  We are already committed to establishing man 's supremacy over nature and everywhere on earth , not merely in the limited social [WSD]political[/WSD] economical context we are fond of today . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  involving or characteristic of politics or parties or politicians
Sentence:  We must believe we have the [WSD]ability[/WSD] to affect our own destinies : otherwise why try anything ? 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment
Sentence:  Naturally this includes all communication forms , e. g. languages , or any social , [WSD]political[/WSD] , economic or religious structures employed for such control . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  involving or characteristic of politics or parties or politicians
Sentence:  If we were creating a wholly new society , we could insist that our social , [WSD]political[/WSD] , economic and philosophic institutions foster rather than hamper man ; best growth . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  involving or characteristic of politics or parties or politicians
Sentence:  Businesses must develop as a result of the ideas , energies and ambitions of an individual having purpose and comprehensive [WSD]ability[/WSD] within one mind . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done
Sentence:  The biggest loss , of course , was the individual 's lessened desire and [WSD]ability[/WSD] to give his services to the growth of his company and our economy . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment
Sentence:  But the pseudo capitalism which dictates our whole economy as well as our [WSD]politics[/WSD] and social life , will not stand close scrutiny . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  social relations involving intrigue to gain authority or power
Sentence:  Its pretense to operate in the public interest is [WSD]little[/WSD] more than a sham . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some
Sentence:  As a creative enterprise , its [WSD]abilities[/WSD] are primarily in `` swallowing '' creative enterprises developed outside its own organization ( an ability made possible by us , and almost mandatory ) . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment
Sentence:  As a creative enterprise , its abilities are primarily in `` swallowing '' creative enterprises developed outside its own organization ( an [WSD]ability[/WSD] made possible by us , and almost mandatory ) . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment
Sentence:  Examples are in public [WSD]utilities[/WSD] , making military aircraft and accessories , or where the investment and risk for a proprietorship would be too great for a much needed project impossible to achieve by any means other than the corporate form , e. g. constructing major airports or dams . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation
Sentence:  Examples are in public utilities , making [WSD]military[/WSD] aircraft and accessories , or where the investment and risk for a proprietorship would be too great for a much needed project impossible to achieve by any means other than the corporate form , e. g. constructing major airports or dams . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  of or relating to the study of the principles of warfare
Sentence:  Proprietorships can establish a meaningful identity , representing a human [WSD]personality[/WSD] , and thus establish sincere relationships with customers and community . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual
Sentence:  Men continuously at the head of growing enterprises can acquire experiences of the most varied , complicated and trying type so that at maturation they have developed the competence and willingness to accept the personal [WSD]responsibility[/WSD] so sorely needed now . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a form of trustworthiness; the trait of being answerable to someone for something or being responsible for one's conduct
Sentence:  Strikes should be declared illegal against corporations because disagreements would have to be settled by government representatives acting as controllers of the corporation whose [WSD]responsibility[/WSD] to the state would now be defined against proprietorship because employees and proprietors must be completely interdependent , as they are each a part of the whole . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty"- John D.Rockefeller Jr
Sentence:  Any [WSD]abilities[/WSD] I may have were achieved in their present shape from experience in sharing in the growth and control of my business , coupled with raising my family . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment
Sentence:  `` I might point out that your [WSD]inability[/WSD] to report to my office this morning when you were instructed to do so has not , ah , limited my knowledge of your activities as you may have hoped '' . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  lack of ability (especially mental ability) to do something
Sentence:  [WSD]Visibility[/WSD] continued to be limited , and Greg was never able to get above a thousand feet . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  quality or fact or degree of being visible; perceptible by the eye or obvious to the eye
Sentence:  Japanese aircraft were strong on [WSD]maneuverability[/WSD] , American on speed and firepower . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the quality of being maneuverable
Sentence:  These differences in turn result from the fact that my Yokuts vocabularies were built up of terms selected mainly to insure unambiguity of English meaning between [WSD]illiterate[/WSD] informants and myself , within a compact and uniform territorial area , but that Hoijer 's vocabulary is based on Swadesh 's second glottochronological list which aims at eliminating all items which might be culturally or geographically determined . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  uneducated in the fundamentals of a given art or branch of learning; lacking knowledge of a specific field
Sentence:  Or the exception may be due to a particular [WSD]durability[/WSD] peculiar to the Athabascan verb . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force
Sentence:  If word classes differ in their resistance or [WSD]liability[/WSD] to stem replacement within meaning slot , it is conceivable that individual meanings also differ with fair consistence trans lingually . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the state of being legally obliged and responsible
Sentence:  And irrespective of the outcome in centuries elapsed since [WSD]splitting[/WSD] , calculations obviously carry more concordant and comparable meaning if they deal with the most stable units than with variously unstable ones . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  go one's own way; move apart
Sentence:  Not that such a list cannot be constructed ; but the nearer it comes to attaining [WSD]universality[/WSD] , the less significant will it be linguistically . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the quality of being universal; existing everywhere