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  • 101demeanour — Demeanor De*mean or, n. [Written also {demeanour}.] [For demeanure, fr. demean. See {Demean}, v. t.] 1. Management; treatment; conduct. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] God commits the managing so great a trust . . . wholly to the demeanor of every grown… …

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  • 102Downright — Down right , a. 1. Plain; direct; forthright; unceremonious; blunt; positive; as, he spoke in his downright way. [1913 Webster] A man of plain, downright character. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] 2. Open; artless; undisguised; absolute; unmixed; as …

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  • 103Downrightly — Downright Down right , a. 1. Plain; direct; forthright; unceremonious; blunt; positive; as, he spoke in his downright way. [1913 Webster] A man of plain, downright character. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] 2. Open; artless; undisguised; absolute;… …

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  • 104Downrightness — Downright Down right , a. 1. Plain; direct; forthright; unceremonious; blunt; positive; as, he spoke in his downright way. [1913 Webster] A man of plain, downright character. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] 2. Open; artless; undisguised; absolute;… …

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  • 105frank — (fr[a^][ng]k), a. [Compar. {franker} (fr[a^][ng]k [ e]r); superl. {frankest}.] [F. franc free, frank, L. Francus a Frank, fr. OHG. Franko the name of a Germanic people on the Rhine, who afterward founded the French monarchy; cf. AS. franca… …

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  • 106franker — frank frank (fr[a^][ng]k), a. [Compar. {franker} (fr[a^][ng]k [ e]r); superl. {frankest}.] [F. franc free, frank, L. Francus a Frank, fr. OHG. Franko the name of a Germanic people on the Rhine, who afterward founded the French monarchy; cf. AS.… …

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  • 107frankest — frank frank (fr[a^][ng]k), a. [Compar. {franker} (fr[a^][ng]k [ e]r); superl. {frankest}.] [F. franc free, frank, L. Francus a Frank, fr. OHG. Franko the name of a Germanic people on the Rhine, who afterward founded the French monarchy; cf. AS.… …

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  • 108Girlish — Girl ish, a. Like, or characteristic of, a girl; of or pertaining to girlhood; innocent; artless; immature; weak; as, girlish ways; girlish grief. {Girl ish*ly}, adv. {Girl ish*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 109Girlishly — Girlish Girl ish, a. Like, or characteristic of, a girl; of or pertaining to girlhood; innocent; artless; immature; weak; as, girlish ways; girlish grief. {Girl ish*ly}, adv. {Girl ish*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 110Girlishness — Girlish Girl ish, a. Like, or characteristic of, a girl; of or pertaining to girlhood; innocent; artless; immature; weak; as, girlish ways; girlish grief. {Girl ish*ly}, adv. {Girl ish*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …

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