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Adverbs
1. (adv.) basically, essentially, fundamentally;
  - in essence; at bottom or by one’s (or its) very nature;
  - “He is basically dishonest”; “the argument was essentially a technical one”; “for all his bluster he is in essence a shy person”;

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Nouns
1. (n.) tournament, tourney;
  - a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner;

2. (n.) tournament;
  - a series of jousts between knights contesting for a prize;

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Nouns
1. (n.) settlement, small town, village;
  - a community of people smaller than a town;

2. (n.) hamlet, village;
  - a settlement smaller than a town;

3. (n.) greenwich village, village;
  - a mainly residential district of Manhattan; `the Village’ became a home for many writers and artists in the 20th century;

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Adjectives
1. (adj.) pathetic, pitiable, pitiful;
  - inspiring mixed contempt and pity;
  - “their efforts were pathetic”; “pitiable lack of character”; “pitiful exhibition of cowardice”;

2. (adj.) deplorable, distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorry;
  - bad; unfortunate;
  - “my finances were in a deplorable state”; “a lamentable decision”; “her clothes were in sad shape”; “a sorry state of affairs”;

3. (adj.) hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched;
  - deserving or inciting pity;
  - “a hapless victim”; “miserable victims of war”; “the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic”; “piteous appeals for help”; “pitiable homeless children”; “a pitiful fate”; “Oh, you poor thing”; “his poor distorted limbs”; “a wretched life”;

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Adverbs
1. (adv.) all, altogether, completely, entirely, totally, whole, wholly;
  - to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole’ is often used informally for `wholly’);
  - “he was wholly convinced”; “entirely satisfied with the meal”; “it was completely different from what we expected”; “was completely at fault”; “a totally new situation”; “the directions were all wrong”; “it was not altogether her fault”; “an altogether new approach”; “a whole new idea”;

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Adverbs
1. (adv.) especially, particularly, peculiarly, specially;
  - to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common;
  - “he was particularly fussy about spelling”; “a particularly gruesome attack”; “under peculiarly tragic circumstances”; “an especially (or specially) cautious approach to the danger”;

2. (adv.) in particular, particularly;
  - specifically or especially distinguished from others;
  - “loves Bach, particularly his partitas”; “recommended one book in particular”; “trace major population movements for the Pueblo groups in particular”;

3. (adv.) particularly, peculiarly;
  - uniquely or characteristically;
  - “these peculiarly cinematic elements”; “a peculiarly French phenomenon”; “everyone has a moment in history which belongs particularly to him”;

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Adverbs
1. (adv.) in public, publically, publicly;
  - in a manner accessible to or observable by the public; openly;
  - “she admitted publicly to being a communist”;

2. (adv.) publicly;
  - by the public or the people generally;
  - “publicly provided medical care”; “publicly financed schools”;

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Adjectives
1. (adj.) humorous, humourous;
  - full of or characterized by humor;
  - “humorous stories”; “humorous cartoons”; “in a humorous vein”;

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Adverbs
1. (adv.) commonly, normally, ordinarily, unremarkably, usually;
  - under normal conditions;
  - “usually she was late”;

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Adverbs
1. (adv.) commonly, normally, ordinarily, unremarkably, usually;
  - under normal conditions;
  - “usually she was late”;

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