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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | given to sudden behavior change |
| Synonyms: | any way the wind blows, arbitrary, blowing hot and cold, careless, changeful, contrary, crotchety, effervescent, erratic, every which way, fanciful, fickle, fitful, flaky*, flighty, freakish, gaga, helter-skelter, humorsome, impulsive, inconstant, kinky*, lubricious, mercurial, moody, mutable, notional, odd, picky*, punchy, queer, quirky, temperamental, ticklish, unpredictable, unreasonable, unstable, up and down, vagarious, variable, volatile, wayward, whimsical, yo-yo |
| Antonyms: | constant, dependable, sensible, staid, steadfast, steady |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | plumb |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | vertical |
| Synonyms: | erect, perpendicular, sheer, straight, straight up, up and down, upright |
| Notes: | a plum is any of numerous varieties of small to medium-sized round or oval smooth-skinned fruit with a single pit, while a plumb is a weight on the end of a line used to determine water depth or used to establish a true vertical |
| Antonyms: | flat, horizontal, level |
| Main Entry: | thoroughly |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | exhaustively |
| Synonyms: | all, assiduously, carefully, completely, comprehensively, conscientiously, earnestly, efficiently, exceedingly, exceptionally, extremely, flat out, from A to Z, from top to bottom, fully, hard, highly, hugely, in and out, in detail, inside out, intensely, intensively, meticulously, notably, painstakingly, remarkably, scrupulously, strikingly, sweepingly, through and through, throughout, unremittingly, up and down, very, whole hog, wholly |
| Antonyms: | incompletely, inexhaustively, partially, superficially |
| Main Entry: | throughout |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | during the whole of |
| Synonyms: | all over, all the time, all through, around, at full length, completely, during, every bit, everyplace, everywhere, far and near, far and wide, for the duration, from beginning to end, from end to end, from one end to the other, from start to finish, from the start, from the word go, high and low, in all respects, in every place, in everything, inside and out, on all accounts, over, overall, right through, round, the whole time, through the whole of, to the end, up and down |
| Notes: | through is used in reference to a movement or passage that proceeds linearly; throughout to a movement or passage that proceeds spatially |
| Main Entry: | wanton |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | careless |
| Synonyms: | capricious, changeable, devil-may-care, extravagant, fanciful, fickle, fitful, fluctuating, free, frivolous, heedless, hot and cold, immoderate, inconstant, intemperate, lavish, outrageous, prodigal, profuse, rash, reckless, spendthrift, spoiled, thriftless, unfettered, unreserved, unrestrained, up and down, variable, volatile, wasteful, whimsical, wild |
| Antonyms: | careful, observant, thoughtful, wise |
| Main Entry: | back and forth |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | backward and forward |
| Synonyms: | alternating, backwards and forwards, from pillar to post, from side to side, in and out, seesaw, to and fro, up and down, vacillating |
| Main Entry: | backwards and forwards |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | in detail |
| Synonyms: | assiduously, completely, comprehensively, from A to Z, from top to bottom, fully, in and out, inside out, thoroughly, through and through, up and down, whole hog |
| Main Entry: | to and fro |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | back and forth |
| Synonyms: | backward and forward, backwards and forwards, forward and back, from side to side, here and there, in and out, off and on, seesaw, up and down, zigzag |
| Main Entry: | exhaustively |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | thoroughly |
| Synonyms: | carefully, completely, comprehensively, earnestly, from top to bottom, fully, in and out, inside out, intensely, meticulously, totally, up and down, wholly |
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