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proverbial collapse: widely known and spoken of; "her proverbial lateness"; "the proverbial absentminded professor"; "your proverbial dizzy blonde"; of or relating to or resembling or expressed in a proverb; "he kicked the proverbial bucket"; "the proverbial grasshopper"

allegorical collapse: used in or characteristic of or containing allegory; "allegorical stories"; "an allegorical painting of Victory leading an army"

pointed collapse: direct and obvious in meaning or reference; often unpleasant; "a pointed critique"; "a pointed allusion to what was going on"; "another pointed look in their direction"; having a point

convoy collapse: the act of escorting while in transit; a collection of merchant ships with an escort of warships; a procession of land vehicles traveling together; escort in transit; "the trucks convoyed the cars across the battle zone"; "the warships convoyed the merchant ships across the Pacific"

referential collapse: referring or pointing to something; "symbols are inherently referential"

witty collapse: combining clever conception and facetious expression; "his sermons were unpredictably witty and satirical as well as eloquent"

matter-of-fact collapse: concerned with practical matters; "a matter-of-fact (or pragmatic) approach to the problem"; "a matter-of-fact account of the trip"; not fanciful or imaginative; "local guides describe the history of various places in matter-of-fact tones"; "a prosaic and unimaginative essay"

compendious collapse: briefly giving the gist of something; "a short and compendious book"; "a compact style is brief and pithy"; "succinct comparisons"; "a summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject"

clipped collapse: (of speech) having quick short sounds; "a clipped upper-class accent"; cut or trimmed by clipping; "a handsome man with a clipped moustache"; "clipped hedges"; "close-clipped lawns"; "a clipped poodle"

abridged collapse: (used of texts) shortened by condensing or rewriting; "an abridged version"

abbreviated collapse: (of clothing) very short; "an abbreviated swimsuit"; "a brief bikini"; cut short in duration; "the abbreviated speech"; "her shortened life was clearly the result of smoking"; "an unsatisfactory truncated conversation"

intelligible collapse: well articulated or enunciated, and loud enough to be heard distinctly; "intelligible pronunciation"

droll collapse: comical in an odd or whimsical manner; "a droll little man with a quiet tongue-in-cheek kind of humor"

opaque collapse: not clear; not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy; "opaque windows of the jail"; "opaque to X-rays"; not clearly understood or expressed

bluff collapse: the act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards; pretense that your position is stronger than it really is; "his bluff succeeded in getting him accepted"; a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion); bluntly direct and outspoken but good-natured; "a bluff but pleasant manner"; "a bluff and rugged natural leader"; very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front; "a bluff headland"; "where the bold chalk cliffs of England rise"; "a sheer descent of rock"; frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is; deceive an opponent by a bold bet on an inferior hand with the result that the opponent withdraws a winning hand

humorous collapse: full of or characterized by humor; "humorous stories"; "humorous cartoons"; "in a humorous vein"

connotative collapse: having the power of implying or suggesting something in addition to what is explicit

denotative collapse: having the power of explicitly denoting or designating or naming; in accordance with fact or the primary meaning of a term

salty collapse: containing or filled with salt; "salt water"; one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of sea water

emphatic collapse: forceful and definite in expression or action; "the document contained a particularly emphatic guarantee of religious liberty"; sudden and strong; "an emphatic no"; spoken with emphasis; "an emphatic word"

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