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- thoughtful
collapse - considerate of the feelings or well-being of others
- having intellectual depth; "a deeply thoughtful essay"
- acting with or showing thought and good sense; "a sensible young man"
- exhibiting or characterized by careful thought; "a thoughtful paper" related words >
- accommodating,
- accommodative,
- affable,
- agreeable,
- analytical,
- attentive,
- brainy,
- brooding,
- calculating,
- careful,
- caring,
- cautious,
- charitable,
- circumspect,
- civil,
- cogitative,
- cognitive,
- compassionate,
- complaisant,
- concentrating,
- concentrative,
- conceptive,
- conceptual,
- conceptualized,
- considerate,
- contemplating,
- contemplative,
- courteous,
- curious,
- decorous,
- deep,
- deferential,
- deliberating,
- deliberative,
- delicate,
- demure,
- discreet,
- discriminating,
- discriminative,
- earnest,
- engrossed,
- enlightened,
- excogitating,
- fair,
- formal,
- frowning,
- graceful,
- gracious,
- grave,
- grim,
- grim-faced,
- grim-visaged,
- heedful,
- helpful,
- ideative,
- indulgent,
- intellectual,
- introspective,
- judgmatic,
- judicial,
- judicious,
- kind,
- kindly,
- lenient,
- logical,
- long-faced,
- loving,
- meditating,
- meditative,
- melancholy,
- mental,
- mindful,
- mindful of others,
- museful,
- musing,
- noetic,
- obliging,
- pensive,
- polite,
- politic,
- pondering,
- prehensive,
- provident,
- prudent,
- prudential,
- rapt,
- rational,
- reflecting,
- reflective,
- regardful,
- respectful,
- ruminant,
- ruminating,
- ruminative,
- sedate,
- serious,
- sober,
- sober-minded,
- sobersided,
- solemn,
- solicitous,
- somber,
- speculative,
- staid,
- stone-faced,
- straight-faced,
- studious,
- sympathetic,
- tactful,
- tender,
- thinking,
- thought,
- tolerant,
- unsmiling,
- unthoughtful,
- urbane,
- wary,
- weighty,
- well-advised,
- well-judged,
- wistful
- orthodox
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- adhering to what is commonly accepted; "an orthodox view of the world"
- of or pertaining to or characteristic of Judaism; "Orthodox Judaism"
- of or relating to or characteristic of the Eastern Orthodox Church related words >
- Christian,
- Orthodox Jew,
- Sunni Muslim,
- accepted,
- accordant,
- accustomed,
- acknowledged,
- admitted,
- anal,
- approved,
- authentic,
- authoritative,
- authorized,
- being done,
- bourgeois,
- button-down,
- canonical,
- canonist,
- comme il faut,
- common,
- compulsive,
- concordant,
- conformable,
- conformist,
- conservative,
- conventional,
- correct,
- corresponding,
- customary,
- de rigueur,
- decent,
- decorous,
- die-hard,
- doctrinal,
- dour,
- established,
- evangelical,
- faithful,
- firm,
- fogyish,
- formal,
- formalistic,
- fundamentalist,
- hard,
- harmonious,
- hidebound,
- impliable,
- in accord,
- in keeping,
- in line,
- in step,
- inexorable,
- inflexible,
- iron,
- ironbound,
- ironclad,
- ironhanded,
- kosher,
- literal,
- meet,
- muscle-bound,
- obdurate,
- obstinate,
- of the faith,
- official,
- old-line,
- ordinary,
- orthodox Christian,
- orthodoxical,
- orthodoxist,
- pedantic,
- plastic,
- popular,
- precisianistic,
- prevailing,
- prevalent,
- procrustean,
- proper,
- purist,
- puristic,
- puritan,
- puritanic,
- reactionary,
- received,
- recognized,
- regular,
- relentless,
- right,
- rigid,
- rigorist,
- rigoristic,
- rigorous,
- rockbound,
- sanctioned,
- scriptural,
- seemly,
- sound,
- square,
- standard,
- stiff,
- straight,
- straightlaced,
- straitlaced,
- stubborn,
- stuffy,
- textual,
- textualist,
- textuary,
- the orthodox,
- tory,
- traditional,
- traditionalist,
- traditionalistic,
- true,
- true believer,
- true-blue,
- unbending,
- uncompromising,
- unrelenting,
- unyielding,
- uptight
- righteous
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- morally justified; "righteous indignation"
- characterized by or proceeding from accepted standards of morality or justice; "the...prayer of a righteous man availeth much"- James 5:16 related words >
- Christendom,
- Christian,
- Christlike,
- Christly,
- God-fearing,
- according to Hoyle,
- angelic,
- appropriate,
- apt,
- blameless,
- clean,
- condign,
- correct,
- creditable,
- decent,
- decorous,
- due,
- erect,
- estimable,
- ethical,
- exemplary,
- fair,
- fit,
- fitting,
- full of integrity,
- godlike,
- godly,
- godly-minded,
- good,
- guiltless,
- heavenly,
- high-minded,
- high-principled,
- highly respectable,
- holy,
- holy-minded,
- honest,
- honorable,
- immaculate,
- inculpable,
- innocent,
- inviolate,
- irreproachable,
- just,
- justifiable,
- justified,
- kosher,
- law-abiding,
- law-loving,
- law-revering,
- manly,
- moral,
- moralistic,
- nice,
- noble,
- normal,
- normative,
- otherworldly,
- principled,
- proper,
- pure,
- pure in heart,
- purehearted,
- reputable,
- respectable,
- right,
- right and proper,
- right-minded,
- rightful,
- saintlike,
- saintly,
- seemly,
- self-righteous,
- seraphic,
- spiritual,
- spiritual-minded,
- spotless,
- stainless,
- sterling,
- straight,
- suitable,
- the believing,
- the chosen,
- the elect,
- the faithful,
- the good,
- the righteous,
- the saved,
- true-dealing,
- true-devoted,
- true-disposing,
- true-souled,
- true-spirited,
- truehearted,
- trustworthy,
- unblamable,
- unblemished,
- uncorrupt,
- uncorrupted,
- undefiled,
- unearthly,
- unimpeachable,
- unspotted,
- unstained,
- unsullied,
- untarnished,
- unworldly,
- upright,
- uprighteous,
- upstanding,
- virtuous,
- worthy,
- yeomanly
- according to Hoyle,
- actionable,
- applicable,
- appropriate,
- apt,
- authentic,
- authorized,
- balanced,
- becoming,
- befitting,
- bona fide,
- candid,
- card-carrying,
- competent,
- condign,
- constitutional,
- correct,
- de jure,
- decent,
- decorous,
- defensible,
- deserved,
- dinkum,
- due,
- equitable,
- even,
- evenhanded,
- fair,
- fair and square,
- fit,
- fitting,
- following the letter,
- genuine,
- good,
- honest,
- honest-to-God,
- impartial,
- inartificial,
- judicial,
- juridical,
- just,
- justiciable,
- justifiable,
- justified,
- kosher,
- lawful,
- lawmaking,
- legal,
- legislative,
- legit,
- legitimate,
- level,
- licit,
- lifelike,
- literal,
- meet,
- meet and right,
- merited,
- natural,
- naturalistic,
- nice,
- normal,
- normative,
- original,
- proper,
- pure,
- real,
- realistic,
- requisite,
- right,
- right and proper,
- righteous,
- sanctioned,
- seemly,
- simon-pure,
- simple,
- sincere,
- square,
- statutory,
- sterling,
- suitable,
- sure-enough,
- true,
- 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,
- within the law,
- word-for-word
- felicitous
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- exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style; "a felicitous speaker"
- marked by good fortune; "a felicitous life"; "a happy outcome" related words >
- Ciceronian,
- Demosthenian,
- Demosthenic,
- Tullian,
- a propos,
- ad rem,
- adapted,
- advantageous,
- advisable,
- affable,
- agreeable,
- amiable,
- amicable,
- applicable,
- apposite,
- appropriate,
- apropos,
- apt,
- articulate,
- auspicious,
- becoming,
- befitting,
- blissful,
- cheerful,
- civil,
- comely,
- compatible,
- complaisant,
- congenial,
- congruous,
- convenient,
- convincing,
- cordial,
- correct,
- decent,
- decorous,
- desirable,
- dovetailing,
- dulcet,
- eloquent,
- en rapport,
- enjoyable,
- expedient,
- facund,
- fair,
- fair and pleasant,
- favorable,
- feasible,
- felicific,
- fine,
- fit,
- fitted,
- fitten,
- fitting,
- fortunate,
- fructuous,
- geared,
- genial,
- genteel,
- germane,
- glib,
- good,
- goodly,
- gracious,
- grateful,
- gratifying,
- happy,
- harmonious,
- heart-warming,
- honeyed,
- inspired,
- just,
- just right,
- likable,
- likely,
- lucky,
- meet,
- mellifluous,
- mellow,
- meshing,
- nice,
- on the button,
- opportune,
- pat,
- pertinent,
- pleasant,
- pleasing,
- pleasurable,
- pleasure-giving,
- pleasureful,
- politic,
- profitable,
- proper,
- propitious,
- providential,
- qualified,
- recommendable,
- relevant,
- rewarding,
- right,
- ripe,
- satisfying,
- seasonable,
- seemly,
- silver,
- silver-tongued,
- slick,
- smooth,
- smooth-spoken,
- smooth-tongued,
- sortable,
- spellbinding,
- suitable,
- suited,
- suiting,
- sweet,
- tailored,
- telling,
- timely,
- to be desired,
- to the point,
- to the purpose,
- urbane,
- useful,
- welcome,
- well-chosen,
- well-expressed,
- well-put,
- well-spoken,
- well-timed,
- wise,
- worthwhile
- civil
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- of or in a condition of social order; "civil peoples"
- not rude; marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal) adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy consideration for others; "even if he didn't like them he should have been civil"- W.S. Maugham
- (of divisions of time) legally recognized in ordinary affairs of life; "the civil calendar"; "a civil day begins at mean midnight"
- applying to ordinary citizens; "civil law"; "civil authorities"
- of or relating to or befitting citizens as individuals; "civil rights"; "civil liberty"; "civic duties"; "civic pride"
- of or occurring within the state or between or among citizens of the state; "civil affairs"; "civil strife"; "civil disobedience"; "civil branches of government" related words >
- absolute,
- accommodating,
- affable,
- agreeable,
- amiable,
- appropriate,
- aristocratic,
- attentive,
- authoritarian,
- autocratic,
- autonomous,
- becoming,
- bland,
- bureaucratic,
- civic,
- civilian,
- civilized,
- clubbable,
- clubbish,
- clubby,
- common,
- communal,
- communicative,
- companionable,
- companionate,
- compatible,
- complaisant,
- congenial,
- congregational,
- considerate,
- constitutional,
- cordial,
- cosmopolitan,
- courteous,
- courtly,
- cultivated,
- decent,
- decorous,
- deferential,
- democratic,
- despotic,
- dictatorial,
- diplomatic,
- domestic,
- fair,
- fascist,
- federal,
- federalist,
- federalistic,
- felicitous,
- fit for society,
- fitting,
- fond of society,
- formal,
- friendly,
- general,
- genial,
- genteel,
- governmental,
- graceful,
- gracious,
- gregarious,
- gubernatorial,
- happy,
- heteronomous,
- hospitable,
- impolite,
- internal,
- international,
- laic,
- laical,
- lay,
- mannered,
- mannerly,
- matriarchal,
- matriarchic,
- meet,
- monarchal,
- monarchial,
- monarchic,
- monocratic,
- national,
- nonclerical,
- nonecclesiastical,
- nonministerial,
- nonordained,
- nonpastoral,
- nonreligious,
- obliging,
- official,
- oligarchal,
- oligarchic,
- parliamentarian,
- parliamentary,
- patriarchal,
- patriarchic,
- pluralistic,
- polished,
- polite,
- politic,
- political,
- popular,
- proper,
- public,
- refined,
- republican,
- respectful,
- right,
- secular,
- secularist,
- secularistic,
- seemly,
- self-governing,
- sociable,
- social,
- social-minded,
- societal,
- solicitous,
- state,
- suave,
- suitable,
- supranational,
- tactful,
- temporal,
- theocratic,
- thoughtful,
- totalitarian,
- ungracious,
- urbane,
- well-bred,
- well-mannered
- Christian,
- accepted,
- acclaimed,
- acknowledged,
- admired,
- admitted,
- advocated,
- affirmed,
- allowed,
- applauded,
- approved,
- authentic,
- authenticated,
- authoritative,
- avowed,
- backed,
- being done,
- believed,
- canonical,
- cathedral,
- certified,
- comme il faut,
- conceded,
- confessed,
- confirmed,
- conformable,
- consuetudinary,
- conventional,
- correct,
- countersigned,
- credited,
- cried up,
- current,
- customary,
- de rigueur,
- decent,
- decorous,
- endorsed,
- established,
- evangelical,
- everyday,
- ex cathedra,
- faithful,
- familiar,
- favored,
- favorite,
- firm,
- fixed,
- folk,
- formal,
- generally accepted,
- granted,
- hallowed,
- handed down,
- heroic,
- highly touted,
- hoary,
- immemorial,
- in good odor,
- inveterate,
- legendary,
- literal,
- long-established,
- long-standing,
- magisterial,
- meet,
- mythological,
- normal,
- notarized,
- obtaining,
- of long standing,
- of the faith,
- of the folk,
- official,
- oral,
- ordinary,
- orthodox,
- orthodoxical,
- popular,
- prescribed,
- prescriptive,
- prevalent,
- professed,
- proper,
- ratified,
- recognized,
- recommended,
- regular,
- regulation,
- right,
- rooted,
- sanctioned,
- scriptural,
- sealed,
- seemly,
- set,
- signed,
- sound,
- stamped,
- standard,
- stock,
- supported,
- sworn and affirmed,
- sworn to,
- textual,
- time-honored,
- traditional,
- traditionalistic,
- tried and true,
- true,
- true-blue,
- trusted,
- uncontested,
- understood,
- underwritten,
- undisputed,
- undoubted,
- unquestioned,
- unsuspected,
- unwritten,
- usual,
- validated,
- venerable,
- warranted,
- well-thought-of,
- widespread,
- wonted,
- worshipful
- Victorian,
- affected,
- appropriate,
- aristocratic,
- artificial,
- becoming,
- blue-blooded,
- braw,
- cavalier,
- chic,
- chivalrous,
- civil,
- classy,
- clothes-conscious,
- confined,
- cosmopolitan,
- county,
- courteous,
- courtly,
- cultivated,
- cultured,
- dapper,
- dashing,
- debonair,
- decent,
- decorous,
- distingue,
- dressed to advantage,
- dressed to kill,
- ducal,
- elegant,
- exalted,
- exquisite,
- fashionable,
- felicitous,
- fitting,
- formal,
- gentle,
- gentlemanlike,
- gentlemanly,
- graceful,
- gracious,
- happy,
- high,
- high-class,
- highbred,
- insular,
- intolerant,
- jaunty,
- kinglike,
- kingly,
- knightly,
- la-di-da,
- ladylike,
- mannered,
- mannerly,
- meet,
- mincing,
- narrow,
- natty,
- neat,
- nifty,
- nobby,
- noble,
- of gentle blood,
- of rank,
- overdone,
- parochial,
- patrician,
- polished,
- polite,
- pompous,
- posh,
- pretentious,
- prig,
- priggish,
- princelike,
- princely,
- prissy,
- proper,
- provincial,
- prudish,
- puritanical,
- putting on airs,
- queenlike,
- queenly,
- quite the lady,
- recherche,
- refined,
- respectable,
- right,
- ritzy,
- royal,
- seemly,
- sharp,
- silk-stocking,
- sleek,
- smart,
- smug,
- snazzy,
- soigne,
- soignee,
- sophisticated,
- spiffy,
- spruce,
- stilted,
- straitlaced,
- stuffy,
- style-conscious,
- stylish,
- suave,
- suitable,
- swank,
- swanky,
- swell,
- thoroughbred,
- titled,
- tony,
- too-too,
- tricksy,
- trig,
- trim,
- uncharitable,
- unnatural,
- upper crust,
- urbane,
- well-behaved,
- well-bred,
- well-brought-up,
- well-dressed,
- well-groomed,
- well-mannered
- accepted
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- generally approved or compelling recognition; "several accepted techniques for treating the condition"; "his recognized superiority in this kind of work"
- generally agreed upon; not subject to dispute; "the accepted interpretation of the poem"; "an accepted theory"; "the undisputed fact"
- widely accepted as true or worthy; "the accepted wisdom about old age"; "a received moral idea"; "Received political wisdom says not; surveys show otherwise"- Economist
- widely or permanently accepted; "an accepted precedent"
- generally accepted or used; "accepted methods of harmony and melody"; "three accepted types of pump" related words >
- Christian,
- acclaimed,
- accustomed,
- acknowledged,
- admired,
- admitted,
- adopted,
- advocated,
- affirmed,
- allowed,
- applauded,
- appointed,
- approved,
- assumed,
- authentic,
- authenticated,
- authoritative,
- avowed,
- backed,
- being done,
- believed,
- canonical,
- carried,
- cathedral,
- certified,
- chanced,
- chosen,
- chronic,
- comme il faut,
- conceded,
- confessed,
- confirmed,
- conformable,
- consuetudinary,
- conventional,
- correct,
- countersigned,
- credited,
- cried up,
- current,
- customary,
- de rigueur,
- decent,
- decorous,
- designated,
- elect,
- elected,
- elected by acclamation,
- embraced,
- endorsed,
- espoused,
- established,
- evangelical,
- everyday,
- ex cathedra,
- faithful,
- familiar,
- favored,
- favorite,
- firm,
- formal,
- generally accepted,
- granted,
- habitual,
- handpicked,
- highly touted,
- in good odor,
- in hand,
- in process,
- in progress,
- in the works,
- literal,
- magisterial,
- meet,
- named,
- nominated,
- normal,
- notarized,
- obtaining,
- of the faith,
- official,
- on the anvil,
- ordinary,
- orthodox,
- orthodoxical,
- passed,
- picked,
- popular,
- prescribed,
- prescriptive,
- prevalent,
- professed,
- proper,
- ratified,
- received,
- recognized,
- recommended,
- regular,
- regulation,
- right,
- routine,
- sanctioned,
- scriptural,
- sealed,
- seemly,
- select,
- selected,
- set,
- signed,
- sound,
- stamped,
- standard,
- stock,
- supported,
- sworn and affirmed,
- sworn to,
- textual,
- time-honored,
- traditional,
- traditionalistic,
- true,
- true-blue,
- trusted,
- unanimously elected,
- uncontested,
- under way,
- undertaken,
- underwritten,
- undisputed,
- undoubted,
- unquestioned,
- unsuspected,
- usual,
- validated,
- warranted,
- well-thought-of,
- widespread,
- wonted
- pompous
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- characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display related words >
- Gongoresque,
- Johnsonian,
- Latinate,
- affected,
- arrogant,
- assured,
- aureate,
- awkward,
- bedizened,
- big-sounding,
- bloated,
- boastful,
- bombastic,
- braggart,
- ceremonial,
- ceremonious,
- cocksure,
- conceited,
- confident,
- conventional,
- convinced,
- convoluted,
- cramped,
- cumbrous,
- decided,
- declamatory,
- decorous,
- determined,
- egotistical,
- elephantine,
- elevated,
- embroidered,
- euphuistic,
- exhibitionist,
- flamboyant,
- flaming,
- flashy,
- flatulent,
- flaunting,
- flossy,
- flowery,
- forced,
- formal,
- fulsome,
- fustian,
- garish,
- gassy,
- gaudy,
- grandiloquent,
- grandiose,
- grandisonant,
- guinde,
- halting,
- haughty,
- heavy,
- hieratic,
- high-flowing,
- high-flown,
- high-flying,
- high-hat,
- high-sounding,
- highfalutin,
- hoity-toity,
- hubristic,
- imperious,
- important,
- inflated,
- inkhorn,
- labored,
- labyrinthine,
- leaden,
- lexiphanic,
- liturgic,
- lofty,
- lumbering,
- lurid,
- magisterial,
- magniloquent,
- meretricious,
- narcissistic,
- ornate,
- orotund,
- ostentatious,
- overbearing,
- overblown,
- overconfident,
- overdone,
- overelaborate,
- overinvolved,
- oversure,
- overweening,
- overwrought,
- pedantic,
- persuaded,
- poised,
- ponderous,
- pontifical,
- positive,
- presumptuous,
- pretentious,
- proud,
- puffy,
- reassured,
- rhetorical,
- ritual,
- ritualistic,
- sacerdotal,
- secure,
- self-assured,
- self-centered,
- self-conceited,
- self-confident,
- self-important,
- self-reliant,
- selfish,
- sensational,
- sensationalistic,
- sententious,
- sesquipedalian,
- showy,
- snobbish,
- snooty,
- snotty,
- solemn,
- sonorous,
- stately,
- stiff,
- stilted,
- stuck-up,
- stuffy,
- sure,
- swollen,
- tall,
- tortuous,
- tumid,
- turgid,
- unafraid,
- undoubting,
- unfaltering,
- unhesitating,
- unwavering,
- unwieldy,
- uppity,
- vain,
- vainglorious,
- well-mannered,
- windy
- respectable
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- characterized by proper behavior or conventional conduct; worthy of respect; "a respectable woman" related words >
- Christian,
- OK,
- acceptable,
- adequate,
- admissible,
- all right,
- appreciable,
- appropriate,
- becoming,
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- better than nothing,
- betwixt and between,
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- dull,
- erect,
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- fair to middling,
- fairish,
- fate,
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- genteel,
- good,
- good enough,
- goodish,
- goodly,
- held in esteem,
- high-minded,
- high-principled,
- highly esteemed,
- highly regarded,
- highly reputed,
- highly respectable,
- honest,
- honorable,
- honored,
- immaculate,
- in favor,
- in good odor,
- in high favor,
- indifferent,
- innocent,
- insipid,
- inviolate,
- irreproachable,
- just,
- lackluster,
- law-abiding,
- law-loving,
- law-revering,
- manly,
- mediocre,
- medium,
- meritorious,
- middling,
- moderate,
- modest,
- moral,
- namby-pamby,
- nice,
- noble,
- not amiss,
- not bad,
- not half bad,
- not so bad,
- of a kind,
- of a sort,
- of sorts,
- okay,
- passable,
- presentable,
- prestigious,
- pretty good,
- principled,
- proper,
- pure,
- reasonable,
- refined,
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- reputed,
- respected,
- revered,
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- right,
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- satisfactory,
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- significant,
- sizable,
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- smart,
- so-so,
- spotless,
- stainless,
- sterling,
- substantial,
- sufficient,
- suitable,
- tedious,
- tidy,
- tolerable,
- true-dealing,
- true-devoted,
- true-disposing,
- true-souled,
- true-spirited,
- truehearted,
- unblemished,
- uncorrupt,
- uncorrupted,
- undefiled,
- unexceptionable,
- unimpeachable,
- unobjectionable,
- unspotted,
- unstained,
- unsullied,
- untarnished,
- upright,
- uprighteous,
- upstanding,
- vapid,
- venerable,
- venerated,
- virtuous,
- well-thought-of,
- wishy-washy,
- workmanlike,
- worshipful,
- worthy,
- yeomanly
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