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  • 111old maid — Australian Slang (derogatory) person with the alleged characteristics of an elderly spinster, such as primness, prudery, fastidiousness, etc …

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  • 112dainty — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. delicate, exquisite; fastidious, neat; delicious. See beauty, taste, care, food. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Notable for fineness or fragility] Syn. delicate, fragile, petite, frail, thin, light,… …

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  • 113delicacy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. sensitiveness, tact, nicety; frailty, daintiness, exactness; tidbit, dainty; discrimination, taste, fastidiousness. See beauty, food, skill, pleasure, brittleness. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Fineness of… …

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  • 114pain — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Suffering Noun 1. pain, suffering, sufferance; hurt, cut; discomfort, painfulness; discomfort, malaise; nightmare; anguish, agony, misery, excruciation, torment, torture, rack; Weltschmerz; distress,… …

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  • 115painstaking — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. careful, particular, meticulous, scrupulous; diligent. See exertion, care. Ant., careless, sloppy. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. scrupulous, exacting, meticulous; see careful . III (Roget s 3… …

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  • 116propriety — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. decorum, conventionality, suitability; aptness, fitness; fastidiousness, becomingness, delicacy, decorum, seemliness; prudery. See agreement, expedience, fashion. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Suitability]… …

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  • 117taste — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I v. savor; sample. n. flavor; tasting, morsel, sample; predilection, relish, preference; judgment.See taste, choice. II Sense of flavor Nouns 1. taste, tastefulness; good or cultivated taste; delicacy,… …

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  • 118unwillingness — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Indisposition Nouns unwillingness, indisposition, disinclination, aversion, dislike; nolleity, nolition, renitence; reluctance; indocility, obstinacy, noncompliance, refusal; scrupulousness,… …

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  • 119cleanliness — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. cleanness, neatness, purity, tidiness, trimness, spruceness, nattiness, immaculateness, spotlessness, dapperness, fastidiousness, finicality, orderliness, freshness, whiteness, daintiness, disinfection, sanitation,… …

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  • 120carefulness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. Careful forethought to avoid harm or risk: calculation, care, caution, chariness, gingerliness, precaution, wariness. See FEAR. 2. Attentiveness to detail: care, fastidiousness, meticulousness, pain (used in plural) …

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