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  • 21brightness — noun 1. the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white (Freq. 11) • Ant: ↑dullness • Derivationally related forms: ↑bright • Hypernyms: ↑light, ↑lightness …

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  • 22chicness — noun elegance by virtue of being fashionable • Syn: ↑chic, ↑chichi, ↑modishness, ↑smartness, ↑stylishness, ↑swank, ↑last word • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …

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  • 23cleverness — noun 1. the power of creative imagination (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑inventiveness, ↑ingeniousness, ↑ingenuity • Derivationally related forms: ↑ingenious (for: ↑ingenuity), ↑ …

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  • 24last word — noun 1. the final statement in a verbal argument she always gets the last word • Hypernyms: ↑argument, ↑statement 2. an authoritative statement my doctor has the last word on the medicines I take • Hypernyms: ↑authority …

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  • 25modishness — noun elegance by virtue of being fashionable • Syn: ↑chic, ↑chicness, ↑chichi, ↑smartness, ↑stylishness, ↑swank, ↑last word • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …

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  • 26smarting — noun a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore • Syn: ↑smart, ↑smartness • Derivationally related forms: ↑smart (for: ↑smartness), ↑smart, ↑smart ( …

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  • 27stylishness — noun elegance by virtue of being fashionable • Syn: ↑chic, ↑chicness, ↑chichi, ↑modishness, ↑smartness, ↑swank, ↑last word • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …

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  • 28have something on the ball — {v. phr.}, {slang}, {colloquial} To be smart, clever; to be skilled and have the necessary know how. * /You can trust Syd; he s got a lot on the ball OR he s got something on the ball./ …

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  • 29have something on the ball — {v. phr.}, {slang}, {colloquial} To be smart, clever; to be skilled and have the necessary know how. * /You can trust Syd; he s got a lot on the ball OR he s got something on the ball./ …

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  • 30Gemminess — Gem mi*ness, n. The state or quality of being gemmy; spruceness; smartness …

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