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“shrive” and “short shrift”

Posted on July 22, 2014July 22, 2014 by admin

  shrive shraIv transitive verb inflections: shrived, shriven, shrives, shriving, shrove of a priest, to hear the confession of, assign penance to, or give absolution to (someone).   short shrift short shrIft noun…

sentence adverb: ideally

Posted on July 18, 2014July 18, 2014 by admin

aI di ə li adverb 1: in conformance with an ideal; perfectly. They were ideally suited to each other. 2: in ideal but improbable circumstances; in theory. Ideally, we should get a…

sentence adverb: admittedly

Posted on July 16, 2014July 16, 2014 by admin

əd mI tihd li adverb by the willing confession, admission, or acknowledgment (of the speaker). Admittedly, this will not be an easy journey, but we need to make it. 

Sentence adverbs: naturally

Posted on July 15, 2014July 15, 2014 by admin

nae chə rə li 1. in a natural way. That color occurs naturally in some vegetables. 2. by nature; inherently. She is a naturally curious child. 3. without a doubt; of course;…

Sentence adverbs: evidently

Posted on July 14, 2014July 14, 2014 by admin

e vih dent li sense 1[or] e vih dənt li 1.as nearly as can be determined; apparently. Evidently, the news of the coming hurricane never reached the island, or people would have…

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