| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| ADJECTIVE: | 1. To one's liking: agreeable, congenial, favorable, good, grateful, gratifying, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, satisfying, welcome. See LIKE. 2. Morally beyond reproach, especially in sexual conduct: chaste, decent, modest, pure, virgin, virginal, virtuous. See GOOD, RESTRAINT, SEX. 3. Conforming to accepted standards: becoming, befitting, comely, comme il faut, correct, decent, decorous, de rigueur, proper, respectable, right, seemly. See COURTESY. 4. So slight as to be difficult to notice or appreciate: delicate, fine1, finespun, refined, subtle. See BIG. 5. Able to make or detect effects of great subtlety or precision: delicate, fine1, subtle. See PRECISE. 6. Having pleasant desirable qualities: good. Scots : bonny, braw. See GOOD. 7. Well above average: good, high-grade. See GOOD, ABILITY. 8. Very difficult to please: choosy, dainty, exacting, fastidious, finical, finicky, fussy, meticulous, particular, persnickety, squeamish. Informal : picky. See ACCEPT.
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