Related Words:
- brusque
collapse - marked by rude or peremptory shortness; "try to cultivate a less brusque manner"; "a curt reply"; "the salesgirl was very short with him" related words >
- Spartan,
- abbreviated,
- abridged,
- abrupt,
- aggressive,
- aposiopestic,
- artless,
- bearish,
- beastly,
- bluff,
- blunt,
- brash,
- brief,
- broad,
- candid,
- cavalier,
- churlish,
- clipped,
- close,
- close-tongued,
- closemouthed,
- compact,
- compendious,
- compressed,
- concise,
- condensed,
- contracted,
- crisp,
- crusty,
- curt,
- cut,
- direct,
- discourteous,
- docked,
- downright,
- dumb,
- economical of words,
- elliptic,
- epigrammatic,
- explicit,
- forthright,
- frank,
- frankhearted,
- free,
- free-speaking,
- free-spoken,
- free-tongued,
- genuine,
- gnomic,
- gruff,
- harsh,
- heart-to-heart,
- ill-mannered,
- impolite,
- indisposed to talk,
- ingenuous,
- laconic,
- mum,
- mute,
- open,
- openhearted,
- outspoken,
- overbearing,
- pithy,
- plain,
- plain-spoken,
- pointed,
- pruned,
- quiet,
- reserved,
- rough,
- round,
- rude,
- sententious,
- severe,
- sharp,
- short,
- short and sweet,
- shortened,
- silent,
- sincere,
- snippety,
- snippy,
- snug,
- sparing of words,
- speechless,
- straight,
- straight-out,
- straightforward,
- succinct,
- summary,
- surly,
- synopsized,
- taciturn,
- terse,
- tight,
- tight-lipped,
- to the point,
- tongue-tied,
- transparent,
- truculent,
- truncated,
- unchecked,
- uncivil,
- unconstrained,
- unequivocal,
- ungracious,
- unguarded,
- unloquacious,
- unmannerly,
- unreserved,
- unrestrained,
- untalkative,
- word-bound,
- wordless
- vignette
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- a small illustrative sketch (as sometimes placed at the beginning of chapters in books)
- a photograph whose edges shade off gradually related words >
- Bildungsroman,
- Gothic novel,
- aquatint,
- autolithograph,
- black and white,
- block,
- block print,
- brouillon,
- cameo,
- cartoon,
- catalog,
- cataloging,
- character,
- character sketch,
- characterization,
- charcoal,
- charcoal drawing,
- chiaroscuro,
- chromolithograph,
- color print,
- comic novel,
- copperplate,
- copperplate print,
- crayon,
- crayon engraving,
- cut,
- delineation,
- depiction,
- description,
- design,
- details,
- detective novel,
- diagram,
- dime novel,
- doodle,
- draft,
- drawing,
- dreadful,
- ebauche,
- engravement,
- engraving,
- epistolary novel,
- erotic novel,
- esquisse,
- etching,
- evocation,
- graph,
- graphic account,
- graphotype,
- historical novel,
- image,
- imagery,
- impress,
- impression,
- imprint,
- itemization,
- limning,
- line drawing,
- linoleum-block print,
- lithograph,
- mezzotint,
- negative,
- nouvelle,
- novel,
- novel of character,
- novel of ideas,
- novel of incident,
- novel of manners,
- novel of sensibility,
- novelette,
- novella,
- particularization,
- pastel,
- pen-and-ink,
- pencil drawing,
- penny dreadful,
- photograph,
- picaresque novel,
- picture,
- pornographic novel,
- portrayal,
- print,
- problem novel,
- profile,
- proletarian novel,
- propaganda novel,
- psychological novel,
- regional novel,
- rendering,
- rendition,
- representation,
- river novel,
- roman,
- roman a clef,
- roman-fleuve,
- rough copy,
- rough draft,
- rough outline,
- rubber-block print,
- satirical novel,
- science-fiction novel,
- sentimental novel,
- shilling shocker,
- short story,
- short-short,
- silhouette,
- silver-print drawing,
- sinopia,
- sketch,
- sociological novel,
- specification,
- storiette,
- stream-of-consciousness novel,
- study,
- thesis novel,
- tracing,
- vivid description,
- wood engraving,
- woodblock,
- woodcut,
- woodprint,
- word painting,
- xylograph
- sure enough
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- as supposed or expected; "sure enough, he asked her for money again" related words >
- absolute,
- actual,
- apodictic,
- ascertained,
- attested,
- authentic,
- authenticated,
- bona fide,
- bound,
- candid,
- card-carrying,
- categorically true,
- certain,
- certified,
- clear,
- clear and distinct,
- clear as day,
- conclusive,
- confirmed,
- corroborated,
- decisive,
- definite,
- demonstrated,
- determinate,
- determined,
- dinkum,
- documentary,
- effectual,
- established,
- factual,
- following the letter,
- genuine,
- good,
- hard,
- historical,
- honest,
- honest-to-God,
- inartificial,
- indubitable,
- ineluctable,
- inevitable,
- lawful,
- legitimate,
- lifelike,
- literal,
- natural,
- naturalistic,
- necessary,
- not in error,
- objectively true,
- original,
- perfectly sure,
- positive,
- predestined,
- predetermined,
- proved,
- pure,
- real,
- realistic,
- rightful,
- simon-pure,
- simple,
- sincere,
- sterling,
- substantiated,
- sure,
- true,
- true as gospel,
- true to life,
- true to nature,
- true to reality,
- truthful,
- unadulterated,
- unaffected,
- unambiguous,
- unassumed,
- unassuming,
- uncolored,
- unconcocted,
- unconfuted,
- uncopied,
- uncounterfeited,
- undenied,
- undisguised,
- undisguising,
- undistorted,
- undoubted,
- unequivocal,
- unerroneous,
- unexaggerated,
- unfabricated,
- unfallacious,
- unfalse,
- unfanciful,
- unfeigned,
- unfeigning,
- unfictitious,
- unflattering,
- unimagined,
- unimitated,
- uninvented,
- univocal,
- unmistakable,
- unmistaken,
- unpretended,
- unpretending,
- unqualified,
- unquestionable,
- unrefuted,
- unromantic,
- unsimulated,
- unspecious,
- unsynthetic,
- unvarnished,
- validated,
- veracious,
- verbal,
- verbatim,
- veridical,
- verified,
- verisimilar,
- veritable,
- very,
- word-for-word
- lawful
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- conformable to or allowed by law; "lawful methods of dissent"
- authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law; "a legitimate government"
- according to custom or rule or natural law related words >
- actionable,
- admissible,
- allowable,
- allowed,
- applicable,
- authentic,
- authoritative,
- authorized,
- balanced,
- binding,
- bona fide,
- candid,
- card-carrying,
- cogent,
- competent,
- consistent,
- constitutional,
- de jure,
- defensible,
- deserved,
- dinkum,
- due,
- equitable,
- even,
- evenhanded,
- fair,
- fair and square,
- fit,
- following the letter,
- genuine,
- good,
- honest,
- honest-to-God,
- inartificial,
- judicial,
- juridical,
- just,
- justiciable,
- justifiable,
- justified,
- kosher,
- lawmaking,
- legal,
- legislative,
- legit,
- legitimate,
- legitimized,
- level,
- licit,
- lifelike,
- literal,
- logical,
- meet,
- meet and right,
- merited,
- natural,
- naturalistic,
- original,
- permissible,
- permitted,
- proper,
- pure,
- real,
- realistic,
- right,
- right and proper,
- rightful,
- sanctionable,
- sanctioned,
- self-consistent,
- simon-pure,
- simple,
- sincere,
- solid,
- sound,
- square,
- statutory,
- sterling,
- substantial,
- sufficient,
- sure-enough,
- true to life,
- true to nature,
- true to reality,
- unadulterated,
- unaffected,
- unassumed,
- unassuming,
- uncolored,
- unconcocted,
- uncopied,
- uncounterfeited,
- undisguised,
- undisguising,
- undistorted,
- unexaggerated,
- unfabricated,
- unfanciful,
- unfeigned,
- unfeigning,
- unfictitious,
- unflattering,
- unimagined,
- unimitated,
- uninvented,
- unpretended,
- unpretending,
- unqualified,
- unromantic,
- unsimulated,
- unspecious,
- unsynthetic,
- unvarnished,
- valid,
- verbal,
- verbatim,
- veridical,
- verisimilar,
- warrantable,
- warranted,
- weighty,
- well-founded,
- well-grounded,
- within the law,
- word-for-word
- specification
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- (patent law) a document drawn up by the applicant for a patent of invention that provides an explicit and detailed description of the nature and use of an invention
- a detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work
- naming explicitly related words >
- allocation,
- allowance,
- analysis,
- anatomization,
- assignment,
- atomization,
- attribution,
- boundary condition,
- bounding,
- cameo,
- catalog,
- cataloging,
- catch,
- cession,
- character,
- character sketch,
- characterization,
- circling-in,
- circumscribing,
- circumscription,
- circumstantiation,
- clause,
- concession,
- condition,
- consideration,
- definition,
- delimitation,
- delineation,
- demarcation,
- denomination,
- denotation,
- depiction,
- describing,
- description,
- designation,
- detail,
- details,
- determination,
- differentiation,
- disclosure,
- donnee,
- encincture,
- enumeration,
- escalator clause,
- escape clause,
- escape hatch,
- evocation,
- exception,
- exemption,
- expression,
- extenuating circumstances,
- fine print,
- fingering,
- fixing,
- given,
- grain of salt,
- grant,
- graphic account,
- grounds,
- hedge,
- hedging,
- hint,
- identification,
- identifying,
- image,
- imagery,
- impression,
- inclusion-exclusion,
- indication,
- indicativeness,
- inventory,
- itemization,
- itemizing,
- joker,
- kicker,
- limitation,
- limiting condition,
- limning,
- list,
- listing,
- manifestation,
- meaning,
- mental reservation,
- modification,
- naming,
- obligation,
- parameter,
- particularization,
- photograph,
- picking out,
- picture,
- pinning down,
- pointing,
- pointing out,
- pointing to,
- portrait,
- portraiture,
- portrayal,
- precision,
- prerequisite,
- profile,
- provision,
- provisions,
- proviso,
- qualification,
- rendering,
- rendition,
- representation,
- requirement,
- requisite,
- reservation,
- restriction,
- salvo,
- saving clause,
- selection,
- show,
- showing,
- signification,
- sine qua non,
- sketch,
- small print,
- special case,
- special treatment,
- specialness,
- specifying,
- stipulation,
- string,
- suggestion,
- symptomaticness,
- terms,
- ultimatum,
- vignette,
- vivid description,
- waiver,
- whereas,
- word painting
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