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A word for a man of few, but well thought-out, words
"I like men who have a future, and women who have a past."
With his razor-sharp tongue and pithy, piercing insights, Oscar
Wilde was considered to be "the foremost wit of his age."
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A word for a man of few, but well thought-out, words
Laconic
using or involving the use of a minimum of words
This has in fact almost idiomatic character, as short sentences with highly condensed meaning are known as laconisms.
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A word for a man of few, but well thought-out, words
Succinct
marked by compact precise expression without wasted words
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A word for a man of few, but well thought-out, words
Considered
Note that "considered" implies "thought given to" whereas considerate implies "kind to others".
Aside, I applaud your taking the time to think of the words, to ...
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Is helped a helping verb?
In a comment BillJ wrote:
"Helped build" is not a single verb but two lexical verbs. In your example "She helped build the house", "helped" is a catenative verb and the ...
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A word for a man of few, but well thought-out, words
Another possible word choice would be measured.
You use measured to describe something that is careful and deliberate.
The men spoke in soft, measured tones.
Her more measured response will appeal ...
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Look forward very much to
I look forward very much to hearing from you soon.
Is the sentence correct? Why does it put "very much" together with verb phrase "look forward to", instead between subject and ...
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What is a word that describes "to trudge through" a liquid but for milk?
When you do it with food - first into milk, then into breading - it's called 'dredging.'
M-W supplies:
dredge
3 of 3
verb (2)
dredged; dredging
transitive verb
: to coat by sprinkling (as with flour)
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Look forward very much to
To is a preposition—not an infinitive marker—in the “phrasal-prepositional verb” look forward to.*
According to Cambridge Dictionary:
Phrasal-prepositional verbs have three parts: a verb, a particle, ...
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