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  • 61helter-skelter — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. confused, disorderly. See disorder. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Carelessly] Syn. incautiously, unmindfully, rashly; see carelessly . 2. [Confused] Syn. tumultuous, jumbled, cluttered, harum scarum,… …

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  • 62blindly — (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Without direction] Syn. at random, wildly, in all directions, frantically, instinctively, madly, purposelessly, aimlessly, confusedly, indiscriminately, pell mell. Ant. directly, purposely*, straightforwardly. 2. [Without… …

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  • 63casually — (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Accidentally] Syn. unintentionally, by chance, inadvertently; see accidentally , haphazardly . 2. [Nonchalantly] Syn. indifferently, unconcernedly, coolly, unemotionally, impassively, reservedly, offhandedly, carelessly,… …

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  • 64hastily — (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Rapidly] Syn. hurriedly, speedily, nimbly; see quickly 1 . 2. [Carelessly] Syn. thoughtlessly, recklessly, rashly; see carelessly …

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  • 65inadvertently — (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Carelessly] Syn. heedlessly, negligently, recklessly; see carelessly , rashly . 2. [Unintentionally] Syn. unwittingly, involuntarily, not by design; see accidentally …

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  • 66lick — lick1 S3 [lık] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(tongue)¦ 2¦(sport)¦ 3¦(flames/waves)¦ 4 have (got) something licked 5 lick your lips 6 lick your wounds 7 lick somebody s boots ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English; Origin: liccian] 1.) …

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  • 67bung — bung1 [ bʌŋ ] noun count a round piece of rubber, plastic, CORK, etc. used for closing the opening of a container bung bung 2 [ bʌŋ ] verb transitive 1. ) BRITISH INFORMAL to put something somewhere quickly and carelessly a ) to throw something,… …

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  • 68knock — knock1 [ nak ] verb *** 1. ) intransitive or transitive to hit something, causing damage or harm: Mike had knocked his leg against a table. a ) transitive to hit something and force it somewhere: He knocked a couple of nails into the door. b )… …

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  • 69plop — plop1 [ plap ] verb 1. ) intransitive plop on/into to fall with a short sound like the sound made by a small object falling into a liquid, or by an amount of liquid falling onto a surface: Large raindrops began to plop on the car roof. 2. )… …

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  • 70plump — plump1 [ plʌmp ] adjective 1. ) slightly fat, in a pleasant way. This word is often used to avoid saying fat, which is not considered polite: a kind plump woman plump fingers ─ opposite SKINNY 2. ) large and round in an attractive way: plump… …

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