My baby moves violently in womb. My baby moves vigorously in womb. Do “Violently” and “Vigorously” have the same meaning? Which one means move strongly? Answer How to describe baby movement? Both violently and vigorously mean move strongly. Violently is more descriptive. As @evan said “Violently” has a negative connotation, you could use that if … Read more
The dictionary says that integrity is the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles that you refuse to change Still difficult to imagine what it means. For example, in a movie there was a guy, very successful, and he had an ugly wife. And other people, when they saw his wife, said that … Read more
The Oxford Dictionary defines to abdicate as “fail to fulfill or undertake (a responsibility or duty)”, which renders me wondering what does fulfill a responsibility mean. I understand it (abdicate) this way: for instance, you have finished a course “How to repair TV sets” and every time your TV set breaks, you hire somebody else … Read more
According to: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/concerned Concerned has the following meanings: adjective interested or affected: concerned citizens. troubled or anxious: a concerned look. having a connection or involvement; participating: They arrested all those concerned in the kidnapping. My sentence is the following: It detects [something] and extends [something] of the concerned [things]. I am not 100% sure whether … Read more
I get the theoretical difference between the 2 words, unarguably means you cannot question the point. But, given the sentence “Unarguably he is an excellent _“, how does replacing unarguably with arguably impact the meaning of the sentence? My only guess is that with arguably the implication is that the statement is open to scrutiny … Read more
What is the word for a light thud that a letter makes when dropped into a wooden mailbox? Answer I found these results after doing a Google search on “envelope landed with a”: thud (7) soft thud (5) dull thud (3) thump (1) soft thump (1) schlap (1) thwack (1) clunk (1) clink (1) tap … Read more
Background: I have done a scientific project as a part of my graduation program and now I want to present my work through presentation slides. There were some techniques which didn’t work and meant I had to employ other techniques. I want to name those techniques on a single slide, but I am unable to … Read more
Although I know what come across means, I can not understand the whole meaning of the sentence below, or I can not understand what come across means here! He came across very badly in the interview. He never looked at them. Answer In this context, “come across” referes to the perception of the others in … Read more
I know it might be a literal and terrible translation from French, but I’d like to know whether it’s possible to say that “somebody is very applied to something“. For instance, using: She’s very applied to her studies to mean that she’s taking her studies and her coursework very seriously. I know that using it … Read more
Would anybody please explain the difference between these? A government whose object is good for people. A government whose objective is good for people. Is there a difference between these two words when they are used as a noun? These definitions and citations come from the Longman Dictionary, but I can not yet understand the … Read more
