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Chiefly

Chief adj.

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Mostly

The most important or most common

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Coarse adj.
coarsely
Coarseness

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Rough
Not delicate

Wool clothing has a certain coarseness in texture.

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Commonplace

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Frequent

Female lawyers are commonplace in the United States.

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Complex adj.

complexity n.

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Complicated

The universe has a complexity beyond comprehension.

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Conventional
Convention
Conventionally

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Tranditional

To become integrated into a society, you must learn the conventions of that society.

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Curious adj.
curiously
Curiosity n.

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Peculiar (naader)
Odd or strange, eager to learn (konjkaav)

A curious object was discovered in the remains.

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Emit v.
Emission n.
Emitter n.

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Release
To send out, give off

The raging (very great and harf to control) forest fire emitted a dense, white smoke.

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Exceedingly 
Exceed
Excess n. 
Excessive adj. 
Excessively
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Extremely

It’s not safyto exceed the speed limit.

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Exclusively
Exclusive adj.
Exclusion n.
Exclude v.

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Restrictively
No one else, nothing else, not shared with others.

They excluded everyone under 21 from the contest.

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Extinguish v.
Extinguishable adj.
Extinguishment n.

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Terminate

The firefighters quickly extinguished the flames.

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Immense adj.
Immensely adv.
Immensity n.

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Massive
Extremely large

From the mountaintop you can see the immense valley.
She was immensely interested in the idea of teaching a foreign language.

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Instantaneous adj.
instantly
Instant n.

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Immediate
Occurring in an instant

A lightbulb turns on nearly instantaneously when you flip the switch.

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Rigid adj.

Rigidity

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Stiff

Not easy to bend, firm, inflexible

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Routinely

Routine adj. , n.

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Ordinarily

It is routine for students to become homesick at times.

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Stamina

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Endurance
Lasting physical or mental strength

The Olympic runner demonstrated incredible stamina.

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Sufficiently
Sufficiency n.
Sufficient adj.
suffice v.

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Adequately

Jenny is sufficiently mature to make her own decisions.

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Visibly adv. 
Visible adj. 
view v. 
vision n. *
Visionary adj. *
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Noticeably
Can be seen, *power of imagination or wisdom, especially with regard to the future

Ken was visibly upset about his performance evaluation.