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hilly
(encz) | hilly,kopcovitý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
hilly
(encz) | hilly,pahorkatý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Hilly
(gcide) | Hilly \Hill"y\, a.
1. Abounding with hills; uneven in surface; as, a hilly
country. "Hilly steep." --Dryden.
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2. Lofty; as, hilly empire. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
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hilly
(wn) | hilly
adj 1: having hills and crags; "hilly terrain" [syn: cragged,
craggy, hilly, mountainous] |
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chilly
(encz) | chilly,chladně Zdeněk Brožchilly,chladný adj: Zdeněk Brožchilly,mrazivě Zdeněk Brožchilly,mrazivý adj: Zdeněk Brožchilly,sychravý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
philly
(encz) | Philly,Filadelfie n: Zdeněk Brož |
shilly-shally
(encz) | shilly-shally,váhat v: Zdeněk Brožshilly-shally,váhavě adv: Zdeněk Brožshilly-shally,váhavost n: Zdeněk Brož |
shillyshally
(encz) | shillyshally,váhat v: Zdeněk Brožshillyshally,váhavě adv: Zdeněk Brožshillyshally,váhavost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Chilly
(gcide) | Chilly \Chill"y\, a.
Moderately cold; cold and raw or damp so as to cause
shivering; causing or feeling a disagreeable sensation of
cold, or a shivering.
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Hilly
(gcide) | Hilly \Hill"y\, a.
1. Abounding with hills; uneven in surface; as, a hilly
country. "Hilly steep." --Dryden.
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2. Lofty; as, hilly empire. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
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Phillygenin
(gcide) | Phillygenin \Phil*lyg"e*nin\, n. [Phillyrin + -gen + -in.]
(Chem.)
A pearly crystalline substance obtained by the decomposition
of phillyrin.
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Phillyrea
(gcide) | Phillyrea \Phil*lyr"e*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, ?.] (Bot.)
A genus of evergreen plants growing along the shores of the
Mediterranean, and bearing a fruit resembling that of the
olive.
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Phillyrin
(gcide) | Phillyrin \Phil"ly*rin\, n. (Chem.)
A glucoside extracted from Phillyrea as a bitter white
crystalline substance. It is sometimes used as a febrifuge.
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Shilly-shally
(gcide) | Shill-I-shall-I \Shill"-I-shall`-I\, Shilly-shally
\Shil"ly-shal`ly\, adv. [A reduplication of shall I.]
In an irresolute, undecided, or hesitating manner.
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I am somewhat dainty in making a resolution, because
when I make it, I keep it; I don't stand
shill-I-shall-I then; if I say 't, I'll do 't.
--Congreve.
[1913 Webster]Shilly-shally \Shil"ly-shal`ly\, v. i.
To hesitate; to act in an irresolute manner; hence, to occupy
one's self with trifles.
[1913 Webster]Shilly-shally \Shil"ly-shal`ly\, n.
Irresolution; hesitation; also, occupation with trifles.
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She lost not one of her forty-five minutes in picking
and choosing, -- no shilly-shally in Kate. --De
Quincey.
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chilly
(wn) | chilly
adj 1: not characterized by emotion; "a female form in marble--a
chilly but ideal medium for depicting abstract
virtues"-C.W.Cunningham
2: appreciably or disagreeably cold [syn: chilly, parky]
3: lacking warmth of feeling; "a chilly greeting"
n 1: very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency
[syn: chili, chili pepper, chilli, chilly, chile] |
genus phillyrea
(wn) | genus Phillyrea
n 1: small genus of evergreen shrubs of the Mediterranean region
[syn: Phillyrea, genus Phillyrea] |
phillyrea
(wn) | Phillyrea
n 1: small genus of evergreen shrubs of the Mediterranean region
[syn: Phillyrea, genus Phillyrea] |
shillyshally
(wn) | shillyshally
n 1: the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or
defering an action to a later time [syn: procrastination,
cunctation, shillyshally]
v 1: be uncertain and vague
2: postpone doing what one should be doing; "He did not want to
write the letter and procrastinated for days" [syn:
procrastinate, stall, drag one's feet, {drag one's
heels}, shillyshally, dilly-dally, dillydally] |
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