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rigorously collapse: in a rigorous manner; "he had been trained rigorously by the monks"

get across collapse: communicate successfully; "I couldn't get across the message"; "He put over the idea very well"

advertise collapse: call attention to; "Please don't advertise the fact that he has AIDS"; make publicity for; try to sell (a product); "The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model"; "The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops"

faithfully collapse: in a faithful manner; "it always came on, faithfully, like the radio"

colloquial collapse: characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation; "wrote her letters in a colloquial style"; "the broken syntax and casual enunciation of conversational English"

acrostic collapse: verse in which certain letters such as the first in each line form a word or message

openhearted collapse: freely communicative; candidly straightforward; "openhearted advice"

sesquipedalian collapse: a very long word (a foot and a half long); given to the overuse of long words; "sesquipedalian orators"; "this sesquipedalian way of saying one has no money"

candid collapse: openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness; "his candid eyes"; "an open and trusting nature"; "a heart-to-heart talk"; informal or natural; especially caught off guard or unprepared; "a candid photograph"; "a candid interview"

positively collapse: extremely; "it was positively monumental"; so as to be positive; in a positive manner; "she intended her remarks to be interpreted positively"

oral collapse: an examination conducted by word of mouth; a stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is concentrated in the mouth; fixation at this stage is said to result in dependence, selfishness, and aggression; of or involving the mouth or mouth region or the surface on which the mouth is located; "the oral cavity"; "the oral mucous membrane"; "the oral surface of a starfish"; using speech rather than writing; "an oral tradition"; "an oral agreement"; of or relating to or affecting or for use in the mouth; "oral hygiene"; "an oral thermometer"; "an oral vaccine"

gushing collapse: flowing profusely; "a gushing hydrant"; "pouring flood waters"

expletive collapse: a word or phrase conveying no independent meaning but added to fill out a sentence or metrical line

precisely collapse: indicating exactness or preciseness; "he was doing precisely (or exactly) what she had told him to do"; "it was just as he said--the jewel was gone"; "it has just enough salt"; in a precise manner; "she always expressed herself precisely"; just as it should be; "`Precisely, my lord,' he said"

honest collapse: not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent; "honest lawyers"; "honest reporting"; "an honest wage"; "honest weight"; marked by truth; "gave honest answers"; without pretensions; "worked at an honest trade"; "good honest food"; without dissimulation; frank; "my honest opinion"

transparent collapse: easily understood or seen through (because of a lack of subtlety); "a transparent explanation"; "a transparent lie"

tongue collapse: the flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot; a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity; a manner of speaking; "he spoke with a thick tongue"; "she has a glib tongue"; the tongue of certain animals used as meat; any long thin projection that is transient; "tongues of flame licked at the walls"; "rifles exploded quick knives of fire into the dark"; lick or explore with the tongue; articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments

morpheme collapse: minimal meaningful language unit; it cannot be divided into smaller meaningful units

directly collapse: without deviation; "the path leads directly to the lake"; "went direct to the office"; in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly; "he didn't answer directly"; "told me straight out"; "came out flat for less work and more pay"; without anyone or anything intervening; "these two factors are directly related"; "he was directly responsible"; "measured the physical properties directly"

convey collapse: make known; pass on, of information; transmit a title or property; transfer to another; "communicate a disease"

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