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readily collapse: without much difficulty; "these snakes can be identified readily"

smoothly collapse: with no problems or difficulties; "put the plans into effect quickly and smoothly"; in a smooth and diplomatic manner; "`And now,' he said smoothly, `we will continue the conversation'"

unload collapse: take the load off (a container or vehicle); "unload the truck"; "offload the van"

slur collapse: (music) a curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato; utter indistinctly; speak disparagingly of; e.g., make a racial slur; "your comments are slurring your co-workers"; play smoothly or legato; "the pianist slurred the most beautiful passage in the sonata"

superficially collapse: in a superficial manner; "he was superficially interested"

easily collapse: without question; "easily the best book she's written"; with ease (`easy' is sometimes used informally for `easily'); "she was easily excited"; "was easily confused"; "he won easily"; "this china breaks very easily"; "success came too easy"

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

lighten collapse: become lighter; "The room lightened up"; become more cheerful; "after a glass of wine, he lightened up a bit"; reduce the weight on; make lighter; "she lightened the load on the tired donkey"; make more cheerful; "the conversation lightened me up a bit"

carelessly collapse: without care or concern; "carelessly raised the children's hopes without thinking of their possible disappointment"

kiss collapse: a light glancing touch; "there was a brief kiss of their hands in passing"; the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof); any of several bite-sized candies; a cookie made of egg whites and sugar; touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.; "The newly married couple kissed"; "She kissed her grandfather on the forehead when she entered the room"; touch lightly or gently; "the blossoms were kissed by the soft rain"

weakly collapse: in a weak or feeble manner or to a minor degree; "weakly agreed to a compromise"; "wheezed weakly"; "he was weakly attracted to her"

fudge collapse: soft creamy candy; fake or falsify; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data"

graze collapse: the act of grazing; a superficial abrasion; scrape gently; "graze the skin"; break the skin (of a body part) by scraping; "She was grazed by the stray bullet"

slapdash collapse: in a careless or reckless manner; "the shelves were put up slapdash"

dodge collapse: a quick evasive movement; a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery; make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid; "The child dodged the teacher's blow"; move to and fro or from place to place usually in an irregular course; "the pickpocket dodged through the crowd"

offhand collapse: casually thoughtless or inconsiderate; "an offhand manner"; "she treated most men with offhand contempt"; in a casually inconsiderate manner; "replied offhand, his mind a million miles away"; "she threw him over offhandedly without even a Dear-John letter"; without previous thought or preparation; "couldn't give the figures offhand"; "we decided offhand to go to Canada"; "she had made these remarks offhandedly"

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