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cut corners collapse: do something the cheapest or easiest way; "Cut corners to make a cheaper product"

skimp collapse: work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially

skim collapse: reading or glancing through quickly; a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid; "there was a thin skim of oil on the water"; used of milk and milk products from which the cream has been removed; "yogurt made with skim milk"; "she can drink skimmed milk but should avoid butter"; read superficially; remove from the surface; "skim cream from the surface of milk"; coat (a liquid) with a layer; cause to skip over a surface; "Skip a stone across the pond"

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"

scan collapse: the act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region; "he made a thorough scan of the beach with his binoculars"; an image produced by scanning; "he analyzed the brain scan"; "you could see the tumor in the CAT scan"; read metrically; "scan verses"; make a wide, sweeping search of; "The beams scanned the night sky"; move a light beam over; in electronics, to reproduce an image; examine hastily; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi"; examine minutely or intensely; "the surgeon scanned the X-ray"; conform to a metrical pattern

blink collapse: a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly; briefly shut the eyes; "The TV announcer never seems to blink"

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"

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"

effortlessly collapse: without effort or apparent effort; "she danced gracefully and effortlessly"; "swallows gliding effortlessly through the air"

gladly collapse: in a willing manner; "this was gladly agreed to"; "I would fain do it"

swimmingly collapse: with great ease and success; "in spite of some mishaps, everything went swimmingly"

minimally collapse: to a minimal degree; "the cells minimally responsive to lines in this orientation will not fire"

imperfectly collapse: in an imperfect or faulty way; "The lobe was imperfectly developed"; "Miss Bennet would not play at all amiss if she practiced more"- Jane Austen

like clockwork collapse: with regularity and precision; "the rocket launch went off like clockwork"

finisher collapse: a worker who performs the last step in a manufacturing process; a painter who applies a finishing coat

messily collapse: in a messy, untidy manner; "Rossi spat very deliberately, and very messily, upon Durieux's party card"

hopefully collapse: it is hoped; "hopefully the weather will be fine on Sunday"; with hope; in a hopeful manner; "we searched hopefully for a good position"

barely collapse: by a small margin; "they could barely hear the speaker"; "we hardly knew them"; "just missed being hit"; "had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open"; "would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"- W.B.Yeats

unburden collapse: take the burden off; remove the burden from; "unburden the donkey"; free or relieve (someone) of a burden

happily collapse: in an unexpectedly lucky way; "happily he was not injured"; in a joyous manner; "they shouted happily"

insignificantly collapse: not to a significant degree or amount; "Our budget will only be insignificantly affected by these new cuts"; in an insignificant manner; "some people living insignificantly among us"

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