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Sadness and grief aren't the same thing. It's why they have different words. Maybe it's a subtle distinction, but we don't keep a word in a language if it doesn't still have a purpose of its own. Synonyms are never exact things.
Blot out, correct, insert, refine, enlarge, diminish, interline. Be mindful, when invention fails. To scratch your head and bite your nails.
Words that do not create images should be discarded.
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Love acceptably.
Love abundantly.
Love affectionately.
Love amazingly.
The use of the right word, the exact word, is the difference between a pencil with a sharp point and a thick crayon.
Whatever the thing you wish to say, there is but one word to express it, but one verb to give it movement, but one adjective to qualify it; you must seek until you find this noun, this verb, this adjective.
One word is worth a thousand pictures. If it's the right word.
Once we have our atium, we'll be happy."
"Not to mention rich," Ham added.
"The two words are synonyms, Hammond," Breeze said.
common words of spark and heart.
Soon I'll find the right words, they'll be very simple.
The search for the word gets no easier but nobody else is going to write your novel for you.
I will not impress you with words, I will prove to you their definition. It's a genuine vocabulary.
There is more than a verbal tie between the words common, community, and communication.
Amalgamation is a good word that I like to use - musically and in every way.
My favorite word? Yes.
When we use terms we get confused, yet we have no other way.
What I want are words that reflect my heart, not my cleverness.
Discretion is a synonym for intelligence.
I express not the word for the word but the sense for the sense.
One cannot be too careful in the selection of adjectives for descriptions. Words or compounds which describe precisely, and which convey exactly the right suggestions to the mind of the reader, are essential.
Pure is honourable.
Honourable is right.
Right is lovely.
Lovely is admirable.
Admirable is excellent.
Excellent is prasie worthy.
Praise worthy is peace.
What a pity it is that there are so many words! Whenever one wants to say anything, three or four ways of saying it run into one's head together; and one can't tell which to choose. It is as troublesome and puzzling as choosing a ribbon ... or a husband.
The winged word. The mercurial word. The word that is both moth and lamp. The word that is itself and more. the associative word light with meanings. The word not netted by meaning. The exact word wide. The word not whore nor cenobite. The word unlied.
A word is like a finger pointing at different things. Do not look at the finger; focus on the essence of the word. Focus on what the finger is pointing at!
I have nothing against any of these terms. I feel they are all equal because they are all equally adequate and inadequate descriptions of the indescribable.
Love is our highest word and the synonym for God.
My mom does not exist anymore, and I cannot see my mother in myself. To me, the word "mother" is the synonym for the words "parting" or "separation" or "farewell."
If words are to change their meanings, as assuredly they are, let each user of language make such changes as please himself, put up his own suggestions, and let the best win.
Whatever you want to say, there is only one word to express it, only one verb to give it movement, only one adjective to qualify it.
Don't look for the meanings; look for the use.
The makers of dictionaries are dependent upon specialists for their definitions. A specialist's definition may be true or it may be erroneous. But its truth cannot be increased or its error diminished by its acceptance by the lexicographer. Each definition must stand on its own merits.
Look for verbs of muscle, adjectives of exactitude.
Love impartially.
Love incredibly.
Love incessantly.
Love impactfully.
The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightening and a lightening bug.
Mark Twain
What I want are words to define myself without the connotations of absence.
I feel so fortunate to be one of the lucky ones who is so grateful and appreciative to know such great synonyms for thankful.
Instruct efficiently.
Instruct effectively.
Instruct exceptionally.
Instruct excellently.
A word is not simply a word.
Dictionary of Misunderstood Words
As a person with the retentive mental capacity of a goldfish and a dislike of repetition, I frequently make use of the thesaurus built into my Microsoft Word U.K. Software.
To find a new word that is accurate and different, you have to be alert for it.
The dictionary is a wonderful thing, but you can't let it push you around.
Love sensibly.
Love seriously.
Love serenely.
Love selflessly.
Love rationally.
Love religiously.
Love resiliently.
Love rejoicingly.
distinction is important, so I am using the terms interchangeably
When two words are identical, you must not take undue offence or think you have been wronged in terms of choice. Simplicity is a fine patience of meaning.
It's my choice now, no matter what the test says. Abnegation. Dauntless. Erudite. Divergent.
My favourite word: FRUITION.
Without a doubt the two best words in the English language are The End
I threw out all those Latin words - the ones that end in 'ion' - the ones that never quite describe you ...
Love faithfully.
Love fearlessly.
Love fervently.
Love forbearingly.
Act fittingly.
Act forbearingly.
Act foreknowingly.
Act foresightedly.
Sow a thought, reap an action; sow an action, reap a habit; sow a habit, reap a character; sow a character, reap a destiny.
We all had to search for more words to describe things.
Like associates with like.
Teach earnestly.
Teach enthusiastically.
Teach efficiently.
Teach excellently.
Words take on many different meanings.
What I need is an Urban Thesaurus. I know what money is what I need is 600 different ways to say it.
What is required is not a lot words, but effectual ones.
Learn earnestly.
Learn enthusiastically.
Learn efficiently.
Learn excellently.
And what better way to get people talking than by creating a new word.
Like readily consorts with like.
If the word doesn't exist, invent it; but first be sure it doesn't exist.
As Athera. To grow.
As Pyrata. To burn.
As Illumae. To light.
As Orense. To open.
As Anase. To dispel.
As Hasari. To heal.
As Travars. To Travel.
Every time I have to look up a word in the dictionary, I'm delighted.
You don't want to sound as though you used a Sharper Image catalogue for a thesaurus.
What is required is sight and insight- then you might add one more: excite.
if a word doesn't work for you anymore, then drop it and replace it with one that does work.
A word is worth a thousand pictures.
There are many words for push, take, shove, carry, load, and no words for love, or happiness, or the sounds which birds make in the morning.
A word is worth a thousand images.
Vengence, betrayal, and love they all are synonyms for the same word: fake.
Touch is better than any word.
Sometimes,because we use the same words,we assume we mean the same thing
Jesper, you're tall, brown, and conspicuous-"
"All synonyms for delightful.
I said what might have been a bad word meaning excrement, but I hope that I used a polite synonym.
There is no better moment in life than finding the right word.
haze-brained nitwit
pickle-head froggy leg soup
murky
daunting
gone
I'd rather fiddle with my phone for precious seconds than neglect an apostrophe; I'd rather insert a word laboriously keyed out than resort to predictive texting for a - acceptable to some - synonym.
Beautiful, Lili. I love that word, but it's not enough for you. Not nearly.
If only. Those must be the two saddest words in the world.
optimism. Lean, fit, happy, optimistic, energetic, brimming with vim and vigor: these
Don't repeat this word again
If only ... the saddest words in the English language.
The difference between finding the right word as opposed to accepting the almost right word was the difference between being struck by lightning and merely watching a lightning display.
Words are miraculous things. They describe, captivate, provoke, vivify, encompass, pervade, inspire, preserve, and comfort. So much more than that, in fact, so as to leave me at a loss of ... words.
Happiness! There is no word with more meanings, each person understands it in his own way.
A single word even may be a spark of inextinguishable thought
Maple. Maypole
Catch and carry.
Ash and Ember.
Elderberry.
Woolen. Woman.
Moon at night.
Willow. Window.
Candlelight.
Fallow farrow.
Ash and oak.
Bide and borrow.
Chimney smoke.
Barrel. Barley.
Stone and stave.
Wind and water.
Misbehave.
I'm running out of things to say.
I've stopped stealing pages out of poetry books, but last week I pocketed a thesaurus and looked for synonyms for you and could only find rain
and more rain
and a thunderstorm that sounded like glass, like crystal, an orchestra.
Prefer the specific to the general, the definite to the vague, the concrete to the abstract.
Just another four-letter word.
Instruct gracefully.
Instruct graciously.
Instruct gallantly.
Instruct gladly.
Instruct wisely.
Instruct worthily.
Instruct willingly.
Instruct wonderfully.
The trouble with dictionaries is, they tell you more about words than you want to know without answering the question you have.
The Anglo-Saxons had a great word for the right word, the word that you need right now, when another one simply would not do. That word is wordriht.
Hear the meaning within the word.
polite with dignity, affable without formality, distant without haughtiness, grave without austerity,
If I were in a position to announce a public competition to coin a new word, I would do so right now.