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ver the Hooker. To all intents, and purposes, in all applications or senses; practically; really; virtually; essentially. "He was miserable to all intents and purpose." L'Estrange.

which the orator shows that arguments advanced by his adversary in opposition to him are really favorable to his cause.

spot on a white ground appears smaller, or a white spot on a dark ground larger, than it really is, esp. when a little out of focus.

n done for private profit; something performed ostensibly as a part of official duty, but really for private gain; a corrupt official business.

To have the power of causing objects to appear larger than they really are; to increase the apparent dimensions of objects; as, some lenses magnify but little.

Diminution; a species of hyperbole, representing a thing as being less than it really is.

In mental apprehension; in conception; not in reality. Two faculties . . . notionally or really distinct. Norris.

apparently. Walsh. Ostensibly, we were intended to prevent filibustering into Texas, but really as a menace to Mexico. U. S. Grant.

arison; a similitude; specifically, a short fictitious narrative of something which might really occur in life or nature, by means of which a moral is drawn; as, the parables of Christ. Chaucer. Declare unto us the parable of the tares. Matt. xiii. 36.

ed or apparent omission; a figure by which a speaker artfully pretends to pass by what he really mentions; as, for example, if an orator should say, "I do not speak of my adversary's scandalous venality and rapacity, his brutal conduct, his treachery and malice." [Written also paralepsis, paralepsy, paralipsis.]…

In a positive manner; absolutely; really; expressly; with certainty; indubitably; peremptorily; dogmatically; -- opposed to negatively. Good and evil which is removed may be esteemed good or evil comparatively, and positively simply. Bacon. Give me some breath, some little pause, my lord, Before I positively speak here…

1. In a practical way; not theoretically; really; as, to look at things practically; practically worthless.

c paralysis, a variety of paralysis in which the muscles are apparently enlarged, but are really degenerated and replaced by fat.

To blow, as an expression of scorn; -- with at. It is really to defy Heaven to puff at damnation. South.

To a great extent or degree; very; very much; considerably. "Quite amusing." Macaulay. He really looks quite concerned. Landor. The island stretches along the land and is quite close to it. Jowett (Thucyd. ).

ncient history to us. Jowett. We can not realize it in thought, that the object . . . had really no being at any past moment. Sir W. Hamilton.

nt; restoration to harmony; renewal of friendship. Reconciliation and friendship with God really form the basis of all rational and true enjoyment. S. Miller.

A figure by which a person really speaks of a thing while he makes a show as if he would say nothingon the subject.

According to fact or truth; actually; truly; really; correctly; exactly; as, to tell a story right. "Right at mine own cost." Chaucer. Right as it were a steed of Lumbardye. Chaucer. His wounds so smarted that he slept right naught. Fairfax.

Really intending what is said; being in earnest; not jesting or deceiving. Beaconsfield.