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minutely collapse: in minute detail; "our inability to see everything minutely and clearly is due merely to the infirmity of our senses"

debt collapse: an obligation to pay or do something; money or goods or services owed by one person to another; the state of owing something (especially money); "he is badly in debt"

apropos collapse: of an appropriate or pertinent nature; by the way; "apropos, can you lend me some money for the weekend?"

minimal collapse: the least possible; "needed to enforce minimal standards"; "her grades were minimal"; "minimum wage"; "a minimal charge for the service"

satisfactory collapse: meeting requirements; "the step makes a satisfactory seat"; giving satisfaction; "satisfactory living conditions"; "his grades were satisfactory"

up to collapse: busy or occupied with; "what have you been up to?"; "up to no good"

fingering collapse: touching something with the fingers; the placement of the fingers for playing different notes (or sequences of notes) on a musical instrument

doleful collapse: filled with or evoking sadness; "the child's doleful expression"; "stared with mournful eyes"; "mournful news"

adequate collapse: (sometimes followed by `to') meeting the requirements especially of a task; "she had adequate training"; "her training was adequate"; "she was adequate to the job"; about average; acceptable; "more than adequate as a secretary"; enough to meet a purpose; "an adequate income"; "the food was adequate"; "a decent wage"; "enough food"; "food enough"

only collapse: with nevertheless the final result; "He arrived only to find his wife dead"; "We won only to lose again in the next round"; in the final outcome; "These news will only make you more upset"; as recently as; "I spoke to him only an hour ago"; except that; "It was the same story; only this time she came out better"; never except when; "call me only if your cold gets worse"

uncomfortable collapse: providing or experiencing physical discomfort; "an uncomfortable chair"; "an uncomfortable day in the hot sun"; conducive to or feeling mental discomfort; "this kind of life can prove disruptive and uncomfortable"; "the uncomfortable truth"; "grew uncomfortable beneath his appraising eye"; "an uncomfortable way of surprising me just when I felt surest"; "the teacher's presence at the conference made the child very uncomfortable"

sufficient collapse: of a quantity that can fulfill a need or requirement but without being abundant; "sufficient food"

lightly collapse: with indifference or without dejection; "he took it lightly"; indulging with temperance; "we eat lightly in the morning"; to a slight degree; "her speech is only lightly accented"; with little weight or force; "she kissed him lightly on the forehead"; with few burdens; "experienced travellers travel light"; without good reason; "one cannot say such things lightly"

enough collapse: an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose; "enough is as good as a feast"; "there is more than a sufficiency of lawyers in this country"; as much as necessary; "Have I eaten enough?"; (`plenty' is nonstandard) "I've had plenty, thanks"

good enough collapse: adequately good for the circumstances; "if it's good enough for you it's good enough for me"

alone collapse: without anybody else; "the child stayed home alone"; "he flew solo"

impingement collapse: a sharp collision produced by striking or dashing against something; influencing strongly; "they resented the impingement of American values on European culture"

handling collapse: the action of touching with the hands (or the skillful use of the hands) or by the use of mechanical means; manual (or mechanical) carrying or moving or delivering or working with something

on collapse: in operation or operational; "left the oven on"; "the switch is in the on position"; (of events) planned or scheduled; "the picnic is on, rain or shine"; "we have nothing on for Friday night"; indicates continuity or persistence or concentration; "his spirit lives on"; "shall I read on?"; in a state required for something to function or be effective; "turn the lights on"; "get a load on"

eloquent collapse: expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively; "able to dazzle with his facile tongue"; "silver speech"

pathetic collapse: inspiring scornful pity; "how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years"- Dashiell Hammett; inspiring mixed contempt and pity; "their efforts were pathetic"; "pitiable lack of character"; "pitiful exhibition of cowardice"

emotional collapse: of more than usual emotion; "his behavior was highly emotional"; determined or actuated by emotion rather than reason; "it was an emotional judgment"; of or pertaining to emotion; "emotional health"; "an emotional crisis"

hardly collapse: almost not; "he hardly ever goes fishing"; "he was hardly more than sixteen years old"; "they scarcely ever used the emergency generator"

pianissimo collapse: chiefly a direction or description in music; very soft; a direction in music; to be played very softly

about collapse: in the area or vicinity; "a few spectators standing about"; "hanging around"; "waited around for the next flight"; all around or on all sides; "dirty clothes lying around (or about)"; "let's look about for help"; "There were trees growing all around"; "she looked around her"; in or to a reversed position or direction; "about face"; "suddenly she turned around"; to or among many different places or in no particular direction; "wandering about with no place to go"; "people were rushing about"; "news gets around (or about)"; "traveled around in Asia"; "he needs advice from someone who's been around"; "she sleeps around"; (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; "the job is (just) about done"; "the baby was almost asleep when the alarm sounded"; "we're almost finished"; "the car all but ran her down"; "he nearly fainted"; "talked for nigh onto 2 hours"; "the recording is well-nigh perfect"; "virtually all the parties signed the contract"; "I was near exhausted by the run"; "most everyone agrees"; in rotation or succession; "turn about is fair play"

cheerless collapse: lacking cheer; depressing; "something cheerless about the room"; "a moody and uncheerful person"; "an uncheerful place"

rubbing collapse: representation consisting of a copy (as of an engraving) made by laying paper over something and rubbing it with charcoal

minimum collapse: the point on a curve where the tangent changes from negative on the left to positive on the right; the smallest possible quantity

plainly collapse: in a simple manner; without extravagance or embellishment; "she was dressed plainly"; "they lived very simply"

caress collapse: a gentle affectionate stroking (or something resembling it); "he showered her with caresses"; "soft music was a fond caress"; "the caresses of the breeze played over his face"; touch or stroke lightly in a loving or endearing manner; "He caressed her face"; "They caressed in the back seat of the taxi"

sorrowful collapse: experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss; "sorrowful widows"; "a sorrowful tale of death and despair"; "sorrowful news"; "even in laughter the heart is sorrowful"- Proverbs 14:13

woebegone collapse: affected by or full of grief or woe; "his sorrow...made him look...haggard and...woebegone"- George du Maurier

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