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gay

full of or showing high-spirited merriment

Examples

when hearts were young and gay
a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company- Wordsworth
the jolly crowd at the reunion
jolly old Saint Nick

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turn around

improve significantly

Usage Examples

go from bad to good
Her performance in school picked up

predatory

living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey

Usage Examples

a predatory bird
the rapacious wolf
raptorial birds
ravening wolves

hush

become quiet or still

Usage Examples

fall silent
hush my baby!

confidently

with confidence

Usage Examples

in a confident manner

proportionately

to a proportionate degree

Usage Examples

your salary will rise proportionately to your workload
the height of this wall must be reduced proportionately to give the room pleasant dimensions

intermediately

to an intermediate degree

Usage Examples

intermediately hot

iniquitously

in an iniquitous manner

Usage Examples

they really believed that the treaty of Versailles was iniquitously injust

in full swing

proceeding with full vigor

Usage Examples

the party was in full swing

ruinously

in a ruinous manner or to a ruinous degree

Usage Examples

ruinously high wages

Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

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