| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Slang. Particularly excellent: divine, fabulous, fantastic, fantastical, glorious, marvelous, sensational, splendid, superb, terrific, wonderful. Informal : dandy, dreamy, great, ripping, super, swell, tremendous. Slang : cool, groovy, hot, keen1, nifty. Idioms: out of this world. See GOOD. 2. In good order or clean condition: orderly, shipshape, snug, spick-and-span, spruce, taut, tidy, trig, trim, well-groomed. Chiefly British : tight. Idioms: neat as a pin. See CLEAN, ORDER. 3. Well done or executed: adroit, clean, deft, skillful. See ABILITY, GOOD. 4. Not diluted or mixed with other substances: full-strength, plain, pure, straight, unblended, undiluted, unmixed. See CLEAN, STRONG.
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