deshanksuman/cornercases_fews_wsd huggingface dataset:
Sentence:  In the absence of a reservoir of [WSD]political[/WSD] consensus each organized political group hopes that the elections will give them new prominence , but in a system where there is as yet no place for the less prominent . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  involving or characteristic of politics or parties or politicians
Sentence:  In the absence of a reservoir of political consensus each organized [WSD]political[/WSD] group hopes that the elections will give them new prominence , but in a system where there is as yet no place for the less prominent . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  involving or characteristic of politics or parties or politicians
Sentence:  At the central level the scrutin uninominal voting system was selected over some form of the scrutin de liste system , even though the latter had been recommended by Duverger and favored by all [WSD]political[/WSD] parties . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  an organization to gain political power
Sentence:  The choice of the single member district was dictated to a certain extent by problems of communication and understanding in the more remote areas of the country , but it also served to minimize the national [WSD]political[/WSD] value of the elections . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  involving or characteristic of politics or parties or politicians
Sentence:  Both parties and the Ministry of the Interior were busily at work after the elections trying to unearth the [WSD]political[/WSD] affiliations of the successful candidates and , thereby , give the elections a confidential but known degree of national political significance . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  involving or characteristic of politics or parties or politicians
Sentence:  Both parties and the Ministry of the Interior were busily at work after the elections trying to unearth the political affiliations of the successful candidates and , thereby , give the elections a confidential but known degree of national [WSD]political[/WSD] significance . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  involving or characteristic of politics or parties or politicians
Sentence:  Since a national interpretation cannot be avoided it is unfortunate that the elections were not held in a way to maximize party [WSD]responsibility[/WSD] and the educational effect of mass political participation . 
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:  Since a national interpretation cannot be avoided it is unfortunate that the elections were not held in a way to maximize party responsibility and the educational effect of mass [WSD]political[/WSD] participation . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  involving or characteristic of politics or parties or politicians
Sentence:  The value of the elections was lost , both as an experiment in increased [WSD]political[/WSD] participation and as a reliable indicator of commercial interest , as shown in Table /1 , . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  involving or characteristic of politics or parties or politicians
Sentence:  The Istiqlal found that the spontaneous solidarity of the independence struggle was not easily transposed to the more concrete , precise problems of internal [WSD]politics[/WSD] . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  social relations involving intrigue to gain authority or power
Sentence:  Although a somewhat technical subject , it has important [WSD]political[/WSD] implications as the above discussion of the voting system indicated . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  involving or characteristic of politics or parties or politicians
Sentence:  The bulk of the preparation had , of course , proceeded under the supervision of the Ministry of the Interior , whose officials are barred from party activity and probably generally disinterested in party [WSD]politics[/WSD] . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  social relations involving intrigue to gain authority or power
Sentence:  Apart from some areas of recurring trouble , like Bani Mellal , where inexperienced officials had been appointed , there is [WSD]little[/WSD] evidence that local officials intervened in the electoral process . 
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:  The new Council was itself inescapably of [WSD]political[/WSD] meaning , which was most clearly revealed in the absence of any U.N.F.P. members and the presence of several Istiqlal leaders . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  of or relating to your views about social relationships involving authority or power
Sentence:  Once there had been big [WSD]glittering[/WSD] rooms where Ulanys bowed and kissed the ladies ' hands as they flirted from behind their fans . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  having brief brilliant points or flashes of light
Sentence:  So we have three children and [WSD]responsibilities[/WSD] . 
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:  I used to love this country and believe that someday we 'd win our battle for [WSD]equality[/WSD] . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the quality of being the same in quantity or measure or value or status
Sentence:  Through 1911 and 1912 , as the Cubist facet-plane 's tendency to adhere to the [WSD]literal[/WSD] surface became harder and harder to deny , the task of keeping the surface at arm's length fell all the more to eye-undeceiving contrivances . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something
Sentence:  To reinforce , and sometimes to replace , the simulated typography , Braque and Picasso began to mix sand and other foreign substances with their paint ; the granular texture thus created likewise called attention to the [WSD]reality[/WSD] of the surface and was effective over much larger areas . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the state of being actual or real
Sentence:  These areas by virtue of their abrupt density of pattern , stated the [WSD]literal[/WSD] surface with such new and superior force that the resulting contrast drove the simulated printing into a depth from which it could be rescued - and set to shuttling again - only by conventional perspective ; that is , by being placed in such relation to the forms depicted within the illusion that these forms left no room for the typography except near the surface . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something
Sentence:  Instead of isolating the [WSD]literal[/WSD] flatness by specifying and circumscribing it , the pasted paper or cloth releases and spreads it , and the artist seems to have nothing left but this undepicted flatness with which to finish as well as start his picture . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something
Sentence:  At the same time , the wallpaper strips themselves seem to be pushed into depth by the lines and patches of shading charcoaled upon them , and by their placing in relation to the block capitals ; and these capitals seem in turn to be pushed back by their placing , and by contrast with the [WSD]corporeality[/WSD] of the woodgraining . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the quality of being physical; consisting of matter
Sentence:  Depicted , Cubist flatness is now almost completely assimilated to the [WSD]literal[/WSD] , undepicted kind , but at the same time it reacts upon and largely transforms the undepicted kind - and it does so , moreover , without depriving the latter of its literalness ; rather , it underpins and reinforces that literalness , re-creates it . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something
Sentence:  Depicted , Cubist flatness is now almost completely assimilated to the literal , undepicted kind , but at the same time it reacts upon and largely transforms the undepicted kind - and it does so , moreover , without depriving the latter of its [WSD]literalness[/WSD] ; rather , it underpins and reinforces that literalness , re-creates it . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  adhereing to the concrete construal of something
Sentence:  Depicted , Cubist flatness is now almost completely assimilated to the literal , undepicted kind , but at the same time it reacts upon and largely transforms the undepicted kind - and it does so , moreover , without depriving the latter of its literalness ; rather , it underpins and reinforces that [WSD]literalness[/WSD] , re-creates it . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  adhereing to the concrete construal of something
Sentence:  Out of this re-created [WSD]literalness[/WSD] , the Cubist subject reemerged . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  adhereing to the concrete construal of something
Sentence:  In the Analytical phase of their Cubism , Braque and Picasso had not only had to minimize [WSD]three-dimensionality[/WSD] simply in order to preserve it ; they had also had to generalize it - to the point , finally , where the illusion of depth and relief became abstracted from specific three-dimensional entities and was rendered largely as the illusion of depth and relief as such : as a disembodied attribute and expropriated property detached from everything not itself . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the property of having three dimensions
Sentence:  It was the collage that made the terms of this dilemma clear : the representational could be restored and preserved only on the flat and [WSD]literal[/WSD] surface now that illusion and representation had become , for the first time , mutually exclusive alternatives . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something
Sentence:  ( This provides whatever real justification there is for the talk about `` [WSD]reality[/WSD] '' . ) 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the state of being actual or real
Sentence:  Only when the collage had been exhaustively translated into oil , and transformed by this translation , did Cubism become an affair of positive color and flat , interlocking silhouettes whose [WSD]legibility[/WSD] and placement created allusions to , if not the illusion of , unmistakable three-dimensional identities . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  distinctness that makes perception easy
Sentence:  It was as though , in that instant , he had felt the flatness of collage as too constricting and had suddenly tried to escape all the way back - or forward - to [WSD]literal[/WSD] three-dimensionality . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something
Sentence:  It was as though , in that instant , he had felt the flatness of collage as too constricting and had suddenly tried to escape all the way back - or forward - to literal [WSD]three-dimensionality[/WSD] . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the property of having three dimensions
Sentence:  This he did by using utterly [WSD]literal[/WSD] means to carry the forward push of the collage ( and of Cubism in general ) literally into the literal space in front of the picture plane . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something
Sentence:  This he did by using utterly literal means to carry the forward push of the collage ( and of Cubism in general ) [WSD]literally[/WSD] into the literal space in front of the picture plane . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in a literal sense
Sentence:  This he did by using utterly literal means to carry the forward push of the collage ( and of Cubism in general ) literally into the [WSD]literal[/WSD] space in front of the picture plane . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something
Sentence:  The affixed elements of collage were extruded , as it were , and cut off from the [WSD]literal[/WSD] pictorial surface to form a bas-relief . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something
Sentence:  But the most impressive testimony to Schnabel 's distinction as a teacher is reflected by the [WSD]individuality[/WSD] which marks each student 's approach as distinctly his own . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the quality of being individual
Sentence:  Although lacking absolute [WSD]verisimilitude[/WSD] , they supply the ear and the imagination with all necessary materials for re-creation of the original . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the appearance of truth; the quality of seeming to be true
Sentence:  On the basis of what they give us we can know how the young Caruso sang , appreciate the distinctive [WSD]qualities[/WSD] of Parsifal under Karl Muck 's baton , or sense the type of ensemble Toscanini created in his years with the New York Philharmonic . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)
Sentence:  This absence of peaky highs and beefed-up bass not only produces greater [WSD]fidelity[/WSD] , but it eliminates listener fatigue . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  accuracy with which an electronic system reproduces the sound or image of its input signal
Sentence:  Without losing the distinctive undertow of Brahmsian rhythm , the pacing is firm and the over-all performance has a tightly knit [WSD]quality[/WSD] that makes for maximum cumulative effect . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)
Sentence:  The Presto ma non assai of the first trio of the scherzo is taken [WSD]literally[/WSD] and may shock you , as the real Allegro con spirito of the finale is likely to bring you to your feet . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in a literal sense
Sentence:  The already faded pastel charms of the naive music itself vanish entirely in Fistoulari 's melodramatic contrasts between ultra vehement brute power and chilly , if suave , [WSD]sentimentality[/WSD] . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  falsely emotional in a maudlin way
Sentence:  And in its engineers ' frantic attempts to achieve maximum dynamic impact and [WSD]earsplitting[/WSD] brilliance , the recording sounds as though it had been `` doctored for super high fidelity '' . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss
Sentence:  The nature of the opposition between liberals and Bourbons is too [WSD]little[/WSD] understood in the North . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  not much
Sentence:  This seems like an attitude favoring a sort of [WSD]totalitarian[/WSD] bureaucracy which , under a President of the same stamp , would try to coerce an uncooperative Congress or Supreme Court . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  characterized by a government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control
Sentence:  If he attaches [WSD]little[/WSD] importance to personal liberty , why not make this known to the world ? 
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 appears to be one of intense dislike , which he makes [WSD]little[/WSD] effort to conceal even in the presence of Southern friends . 
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:  Southern resentment has been over the method of its ending , the invasion , and Reconstruction ; their fears now are of miscegenation and Negro [WSD]political[/WSD] control in many counties . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  involving or characteristic of politics or parties or politicians
Sentence:  Had the situation been reversed , had , for instance , England been the enemy in 1898 because of issues of concern chiefly to New England , there is [WSD]little[/WSD] doubt that large numbers of Southerners would have happily put on their old Confederate uniforms to fight as allies of Britain . 
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 it is , they consider that the North is now reaping the fruits of excess [WSD]egalitarianism[/WSD] , that in spite of its high standard of living the `` American way '' has been proved inferior to the English and Scandinavian ways , although they disapprove of the socialistic features of the latter . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the doctrine of the equality of mankind and the desirability of political and economic and social equality
Sentence:  Mickie sat over his second whisky-on-the-rocks in a [WSD]little[/WSD] bar next to the funeral parlor on Pennsylvania Avenue . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
Sentence:  He said to the Secretary , `` I understand you came from a [WSD]little[/WSD] Pennsylvania town near Wilkes-Barre . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
Sentence:  This young man had so [WSD]little[/WSD] time to learn he had to be curious ; he had to find out . 
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:  At the same time , you have to face facts and realize that a man who 's been in the Marine Corps all his life does n't understand much about [WSD]politics[/WSD] . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  social relations involving intrigue to gain authority or power
Sentence:  Congress is full of [WSD]politicians[/WSD] , and if you want to get along with them , you have to be politic . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a leader engaged in civil administration
Sentence:  Congress is full of politicians , and if you want to get along with them , you have to be [WSD]politic[/WSD] . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  marked by artful prudence, expedience, and shrewdness
Sentence:  Section 8 ( b ) ( 2 ) of the Small Business Act , as amended , authorizes the SBA to make a complete inventory of the productive [WSD]facilities[/WSD] of small business concerns . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry
Sentence:  The Administration maintains a productive [WSD]facilities[/WSD] inventory of small business industrial concerns that have voluntarily registered . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry
Sentence:  Purpose of this inventory is to include all eligible productive [WSD]facilities[/WSD] in SBA 's facilities register so that the small business concerns may have an opportunity to avail themselves of the services authorized by the Congress in establishing the Small Business Administration . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry
Sentence:  Purpose of this inventory is to include all eligible productive facilities in SBA 's [WSD]facilities[/WSD] register so that the small business concerns may have an opportunity to avail themselves of the services authorized by the Congress in establishing the Small Business Administration . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry
Sentence:  SBA can make complete [WSD]facilities[/WSD] inventories of all small business concerns in labor surplus areas within budgetary and staff limitations . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry
Sentence:  SBA loans , which may be made to small manufacturers , small business pools , wholesalers , retailers , service establishments and other small businesses ( when financing is not otherwise available to them on reasonable terms ) , are to finance business construction , conversion , or expansion ; the purchase of equipment , [WSD]facilities[/WSD] , machinery , supplies , or materials ; or to supply working capital . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry
Sentence:  The credit requirements stipulate that the applicant must have the [WSD]ability[/WSD] to operate the business successfully and have enough capital in the business so that , with loan assistance from the SBA , it will be able to operate on a sound financial basis . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment
Sentence:  The record of past earnings and prospects for the future must indicate it has the [WSD]ability[/WSD] to repay the loan out of current and anticipated income . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment
Sentence:  Commodity loans , operating capital loans , and [WSD]facility[/WSD] loans . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry
Sentence:  It was stated earlier that one purpose of this study was to extend the analysis of [WSD]variability[/WSD] of Onset and Completion in each of the 21 growth centers somewhat beyond that provided by the data in Tables 1 and 2 . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the quality of being subject to variation
Sentence:  Thus , the alignment of the `` dots '' and `` tips '' , respectively , indicate individual [WSD]variability[/WSD] of the 21 growth centers of each child with respect to the mean values for these boys and girls . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the quality of being subject to variation
Sentence:  Thus , the Span of its ossification was shortened and the center 's [WSD]ability[/WSD] to `` catch up '' in ossification is demonstrated . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment
Sentence:  There is , then , the [WSD]possibility[/WSD] that this **f bond is symmetric , although Douglass was unable to determine its symmetry from his x-ray data . 
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:  **f was found to be paramagnetic with three unpaired electron per chromium atom and a molecular [WSD]susceptibility[/WSD] of **f , where **f . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the state of being susceptible; easily affected
Sentence:  We found no obvious effects due to preferred orientation of the [WSD]crystallites[/WSD] in this sample nor would we expect to on the basis of the shape found from electron microscopic examination . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  any of numerous minute rudimentary crystalline bodies of unknown composition found in glassy igneous rock
Sentence:  A modulation frequency of 40 cps with an [WSD]amplitude[/WSD] as small as possible , commensurate with reasonably good signal-to-noise quality , was used . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  (physics) the maximum displacement of a periodic wave
Sentence:  A modulation frequency of 40 cps with an amplitude as small as possible , commensurate with reasonably good signal-to-noise [WSD]quality[/WSD] , was used . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a degree or grade of excellence or worth
Sentence:  Previous experiences are obviously of great importance for the [WSD]qualitative[/WSD] and quantitative emotional response . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  involving distinctions based on qualities
Sentence:  [WSD]Facilitatory[/WSD] processes take place between neocortex and hypothalamus via ascending and descending pathways . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  inducing or aiding in facilitating neural activity
Sentence:  On the other hand , the temporary reduction in hypothalamic [WSD]excitability[/WSD] through the injection of a barbiturate into the posterior hypothalamus causes a lessening in frequency and amplitude of cortical strychnine spikes until the hypothalamic excitability is restored . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  excessive sensitivity of an organ or body part
Sentence:  On the other hand , the temporary reduction in hypothalamic excitability through the injection of a barbiturate into the posterior hypothalamus causes a lessening in frequency and [WSD]amplitude[/WSD] of cortical strychnine spikes until the hypothalamic excitability is restored . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  (physics) the maximum displacement of a periodic wave
Sentence:  On the other hand , the temporary reduction in hypothalamic excitability through the injection of a barbiturate into the posterior hypothalamus causes a lessening in frequency and amplitude of cortical strychnine spikes until the hypothalamic [WSD]excitability[/WSD] is restored . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  excessive sensitivity of an organ or body part
Sentence:  Consequently , if for any reason the hypothalamic [WSD]excitability[/WSD] falls below the physiological level , the lessened hypothalamic cortical discharges lead to a diminished state of activity in the cortex with consequent reduction in the cortico-fugal discharges . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  excessive sensitivity of an organ or body part
Sentence:  This tendency can be broken either by restoring hypothalamic [WSD]excitability[/WSD] directly or via cortico-hypothalamic pathways . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  excessive sensitivity of an organ or body part
Sentence:  Perhaps a clue to these and related problems lies in the fact that changes in the intensity of hypothalamic discharges which are associated with changes in its balance lead also to [WSD]qualitative[/WSD] alterations in reactivity . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  involving distinctions based on qualities
Sentence:  We pointed out that emotional excitement may lead to psychosomatic disorders and neurotic symptoms , particularly in certain types of [WSD]personality[/WSD] , but it is also known that the reliving of a strong emotion ( `` abreaction '' ) may cure a battle neurosis . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual
Sentence:  An important observation of Pavlov served as a guide post to achieve such a [WSD]reversibility[/WSD] by physiological means . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the quality of being reversible in either direction
Sentence:  The psychological [WSD]incompatibility[/WSD] of these emotional states seems to be reflected in , or based on , this marked difference . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time
Sentence:  Mrs. Pastern had been given sixteen names , a bundle of [WSD]literature[/WSD] , and a printed book of receipts . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  creative writing of recognized artistic value
Sentence:  `` I am terribly sorry to keep you waiting '' , she said , `` but won't you make yourself a [WSD]little[/WSD] drink while you wait ? 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
Sentence:  Another case involves a newspaper reporter who tripped up a [WSD]politician[/WSD] . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a leader engaged in civil administration
Sentence:  Questions like this , framed in verbal fog , are perhaps the only kind that have ever stumped an experienced [WSD]politician[/WSD] . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a leader engaged in civil administration
Sentence:  The obscurity of [WSD]politicians[/WSD] may not always be as innocent as it looks . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a leader engaged in civil administration
Sentence:  We have complete [WSD]facilities[/WSD] to accommodate 200 people '' . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry
Sentence:  Apart from journalese and vaudeville gags , the anatomical is also found in jocular [WSD]literature[/WSD] . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  creative writing of recognized artistic value
Sentence:  A woman met a famous author at a [WSD]literary[/WSD] tea . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  of or relating to or characteristic of literature
Sentence:  The daughter replied , `` Oh , I had dinner with - well , you do n't know him but he 's awfully nice - and we went to a couple of places - I do n't suppose you 've heard of them - and we finished up at a cute [WSD]little[/WSD] night club - I forget the name of it . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
Sentence:  A [WSD]politician[/WSD] was approached by a man seeking the office of a minor public official who had just died . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a leader engaged in civil administration
Sentence:  `` If you can fix it up with the undertaker '' , returned the [WSD]politician[/WSD] , `` it 's all right with me '' . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a leader engaged in civil administration
Sentence:  The [WSD]moonlit[/WSD] night was made for romance , and he had been looking at her soulfully for some time . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  lighted by moonlight
Sentence:  The [WSD]slit[/WSD] breeches had to go . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  obscene terms for female genitals
Sentence:  How can we have a good city unless we respect [WSD]morality[/WSD] '' ? 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
Sentence:  John closed his eyes and saw once again the [WSD]little[/WSD] niche in his mother 's bedroom , where she had knelt to tell the good Virgin of her needs . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
Sentence:  Below the moon splashed world rolled away to insurmountable white peaks ; above him the deep blue sky [WSD]glittered[/WSD] with stars . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  be shiny, as if wet
Sentence:  Why , oh why , does n't he stick to preaching the Gospel , instead of meddling in civic affairs , [WSD]politics[/WSD] , economics , and social issues that are no concern of the Church '' ? 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the study of government of states and other political units
Sentence:  Monsieur Favre 's threat would become a [WSD]reality[/WSD] , for he continued to proclaim loudly that the city must rid itself of `` that Frenchman '' . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the state of being actual or real
Sentence:  Slowly , like a man grown old , he took Eli 's hand and led him below to the tower study , guiding him to a chair beside the [WSD]little[/WSD] hearth where a fire still burned . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
Sentence:  Furthermore , Bern decrees that we must do as we are ordered by the Council , preach only the word of God and stop meddling in [WSD]politics[/WSD] '' ! 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the study of government of states and other political units
Sentence:  Pierre Ameaux , the gaming-card manufacturer said , his [WSD]little[/WSD] pig eyes glaring . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
Sentence:  Secondly , to find a learned diversion and a pleasing joke in More 's account of the stupid [WSD]brutalities[/WSD] of early sixteenth century wars , of the anguish of the poor and dispossessed , of the insolence and cruelty of the rich and powerful requires a callousness toward suffering and sin that would be surprising in a moral imbecile and most surprising in More himself . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a brutal barbarous savage act
Sentence:  Similar [WSD]literary[/WSD] exercises were the common doings of a Christian humanist of the first two decades of the sixteenth century . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  of or relating to or characteristic of literature
Sentence:  Its function is to separate from the base ruled mass , among whom private ownership prevails , the governing warrior [WSD]elite[/WSD] . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status
Sentence:  In More 's Utopia communism is not a means of separating out a warrior [WSD]elite[/WSD] from the lumpish mass . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status
Sentence:  in the Republic we have to do with an [WSD]elite[/WSD] of physical and intellectual athletes , in the apostolic and monastic communities with an elite of spiritual and religious athletes . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status
Sentence:  in the Republic we have to do with an elite of physical and intellectual athletes , in the apostolic and monastic communities with an [WSD]elite[/WSD] of spiritual and religious athletes . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status
Sentence:  The apostolic community was [WSD]literally[/WSD] an elite : chosen by Christ himself . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  in a literal sense
Sentence:  The apostolic community was literally an [WSD]elite[/WSD] : chosen by Christ himself . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status
Sentence:  We do not deny [WSD]originality[/WSD] to the Agamemnon because Aeschylus found the tales of the house of Atreus among the folk lore of the Greeks . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the ability to think and act independently
Sentence:  Not altogether a successful play , `` Epitaph for George Dillon '' overcomes through sheer [WSD]vitality[/WSD] and power what in a lesser work might be crippling . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  an energetic style
Sentence:  The company which performed the Pulitzer Prize musical here last night and will repeat it twice today is full of bounce , the [WSD]politicians[/WSD] are in fine voice , the chorines evoke happy memories , and the Little Flower rides to break a lance again . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a person active in party politics
Sentence:  As for the ladies , they were full of charm , and sincerity , and deep and abiding affection for this hurrying driving , honest , [WSD]little[/WSD] man . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
Sentence:  And [WSD]little[/WSD] Zeme North , a Dora with real spirit and verve , was fascinating whether she was singing of her love for Floyd , the cop who becomes sewer commissioner and then is promoted into garbage , or just dancing to display her exuberant feelings . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
Sentence:  Representing as it did the efforts of only unauthorized individuals of the Roman and Anglican Churches , and urging a communion of prayer unacceptable to Rome , this association produced [WSD]little[/WSD] fruit , and , in fact , was condemned by the Holy Office in 1864 . 
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 an American Catholic of Irish ancestry , I came with certain preconceptions and expectations ; being intellectually influenced by Newman and the general 19th century [WSD]literature[/WSD] of England , I knew only a Protestant dominated country . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  creative writing of recognized artistic value
Sentence:  And in the last five years , the `` Methodist chapel committee has authorized the [WSD]demolition[/WSD] or , more often , the sale of 764 chapels '' . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something
Sentence:  Two [WSD]slits[/WSD] enabled observers to watch across the river . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a long narrow opening
Sentence:  There was no place to sit , but Watson walked slowly from the ladder to the window [WSD]slits[/WSD] and back , stooping slightly to avoid striking his head on the heavy beams . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a long narrow opening
Sentence:  A feeling of [WSD]futility[/WSD] , an enervation of mind greater than any fatigue he had ever known , seeped through him . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  uselessness as a consequence of having no practical result
Sentence:  Biological warfare is the intentional use of living microorganisms or their toxic products for the purpose of destroying or reducing the [WSD]military[/WSD] effectiveness of man . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  characteristic of or associated with soldiers or the military
Sentence:  This material fluoresces under ultraviolet light which [WSD]facilitates[/WSD] its sampling and assessment . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  make easier
Sentence:  An agent would likely be selected which would possess sufficient [WSD]viability[/WSD] and virulence stability to meet realistic minimal logistic requirements . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  (of living things) capable of normal growth and development
Sentence:  An agent would likely be selected which would possess sufficient viability and virulence [WSD]stability[/WSD] to meet realistic minimal logistic requirements . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the quality or attribute of being firm and steadfast
Sentence:  Moreover , it should not be so fastidious in its growth requirements as to make production on a [WSD]militarily[/WSD] significant scale improbable . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  with respect to the military
Sentence:  There is a broad spectrum of organisms from which selection for a specified [WSD]military[/WSD] purpose might be made . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  characteristic of or associated with soldiers or the military
Sentence:  An enemy might choose an acutely [WSD]debilitating[/WSD] microorganism , a chronic disease producer or one causing a high rate of lethality . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  impairing the strength and vitality
Sentence:  An enemy might choose an acutely debilitating microorganism , a chronic disease producer or one causing a high rate of [WSD]lethality[/WSD] . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the quality of being deadly
Sentence:  This may be of overriding importance in considering [WSD]military[/WSD] objectives . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  characteristic of or associated with soldiers or the military
Sentence:  In this case , then , the [WSD]military[/WSD] objective was accomplished with an epidemic agent solely through the results secured in the initial attack . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  characteristic of or associated with soldiers or the military
Sentence:  The major defensive problems are concerned with the [WSD]possibility[/WSD] of overt military delivery of biological agents from appropriate disseminating devices . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  capability of existing or happening or being true
Sentence:  The major defensive problems are concerned with the possibility of overt [WSD]military[/WSD] delivery of biological agents from appropriate disseminating devices . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  characteristic of or associated with soldiers or the military
Sentence:  The high cost of land and a few operational problems resulting from excessive loadings have created the need for a wastewater treatment system with the operational characteristics of the oxidation pond but with the [WSD]ability[/WSD] to treat more organic matter per unit volume . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment
Sentence:  Since experience indicates that effluents from oxidation ponds do not create major problems at these BOD concentrations , the goal for the effluent [WSD]quality[/WSD] of the accelerated treatment system was the same as from conventional oxidation ponds . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something
Sentence:  This necessitated the construction of temporary sewage treatment [WSD]facilities[/WSD] with an expected life from 5 to 15 yrs. . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry
Sentence:  At the same time further expansion in the Red Bridge Subdivision required the construction of additional sewage treatment [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:  The lack of adequate data on the aerated lagoon system prompted the developer to construct an aerated lagoon pilot plant to determine its [WSD]feasibility[/WSD] for treating domestic sewage . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the quality of being doable
Sentence:  Very [WSD]little[/WSD] protozoa activity existed below 40 ` F . 
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 are three [WSD]possibilities[/WSD] : ( a ) **f remains tangent to C as it is translated ; ( b ) **f moves away from C and does not intersect it at all for **f ; ( c ) **f cuts across C and there are two ordinary intersections for every t in **f . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  capability of existing or happening or being true
Sentence:  The first [WSD]possibility[/WSD] results in a closed interval of tangent points in the f-plane , the end points of which fall into category ( b ) or ( c ) . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  capability of existing or happening or being true
Sentence:  Direct information has been obtained from rockets and [WSD]satellites[/WSD] equipped with impact sensors . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon
Sentence:  The direct evidence on the micrometeorite environment near the Earth is obtained from piezoelectric sensors ( essentially microphones ) and from wire gages ; these instruments are installed on rockets , [WSD]satellites[/WSD] , and space probes . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon
Sentence:  Space probes have yielded [WSD]little[/WSD] information . 
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 extrapolated fluxes are about an order of magnitude less than the values from the [WSD]satellite[/WSD] data and the figures in Whipple 's table . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon
Sentence:  When enough time had elapsed so that there was [WSD]little[/WSD] likelihood of his returning for something he had forgotten , Harold went out into the hall and stood looking into one room after another . 
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:  The titles he could read easily through the criss-crossed wires : works on theology , astral physics , history , biology , [WSD]political[/WSD] science . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the study of government of states and other political units
Sentence:  He was wearing sneakers and shorts and an open-collared shirt , and in his hand he carried a [WSD]little[/WSD] black bag . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
Sentence:  `` And for that he needs a [WSD]little[/WSD] bag '' ? 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
Sentence:  `` I 've solved the mystery of the [WSD]little[/WSD] bag . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
Sentence:  He could no longer build anything , whether a private residence in his Pennsylvania county or a church in Brazil , without it being obvious that he had done it , and while here and there he was taken to task for again developing the same airy technique , they were such fanciful and sometimes even playful buildings that the public felt assured by its sense of recognition after a time , a [WSD]quality[/WSD] of authentic uniqueness about them , which , once established by an artist as his private vision , is no longer disputable as to its other values . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
Sentence:  Stowey Rummel was internationally famous , a crafter of a genuine Americana in foreign eyes , an original designer whose inventive childishness with steel and concrete was made even more believably sincere by his [WSD]personality[/WSD] . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  the complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual
Sentence:  She went into the living room and turned on three lamps , then back into the kitchen where she turned on the ceiling light and the switch that [WSD]lit[/WSD] the floods on the barn , illuminating the driveway . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  make lighter or brighter
Sentence:  2 ) As a country superimposes its cultural and [WSD]political[/WSD] attitudes on others , it searches its heritage in hopes of justifying its aggressiveness . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  of or relating to your views about social relationships involving authority or power
Sentence:  The popularity of local color [WSD]literature[/WSD] before the Spanish-American War , the steady currency of the Lincoln myth , the increased emphasis on the frontier west in our mass media are cases in point . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  creative writing of recognized artistic value
Sentence:  Nor is it an accident that baseball , growing into the national game in the last 75 years , has become a microcosm of American life , that learned societies such as the American Folklore Society and the American Historical Association were founded in the 1880's , or that courses in American [WSD]literature[/WSD] , American civilization , American anything have swept our school and college curricula . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  creative writing of recognized artistic value
Sentence:  It is an understandable paradox that most American history and most American [WSD]literature[/WSD] is today written from an essentially egocentric and isolationistic point of view at the very time America is spreading her dominion over palm and pine . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  creative writing of recognized artistic value
Sentence:  A heterogeneous people have needed it to attain an element of cultural and [WSD]political[/WSD] cohesion in a new and ever changing land . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  of or relating to your views about social relationships involving authority or power
Sentence:  It has come to mean myths , legends , tales , songs , proverbs , riddles , superstitions , rhymes and such [WSD]literary[/WSD] forms of expression . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  of or relating to or characteristic of literature
Sentence:  Related to written [WSD]literature[/WSD] , and often remaining temporarily frozen in written form , it loses its vitality when transcribed or removed from its oral existence . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  creative writing of recognized artistic value
Sentence:  Related to written literature , and often remaining temporarily frozen in written form , it loses its [WSD]vitality[/WSD] when transcribed or removed from its oral existence . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  an energetic style
Sentence:  Though it may exist in either [WSD]literate[/WSD] or illiterate societies , it assumes a role of true cultural importance only in the latter . 
Sense of the word in [WSD] tags:  able to read and write