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"etymology_text": "Literally, asserts the truth of a statement by saying that the alternative is void.",
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"text": "Coordinate term: a bit"
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"english": "Not only denotes that he is certainly careful with money (frugal) but also obliquely implies that he is very careful with money (miserly).",
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"Certainly; definitely; (sometimes also obliquely) thoroughly; wholly; to a high degree; extremely."
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"(idiomatic) Certainly; definitely; (sometimes also obliquely) thoroughly; wholly; to a high degree; extremely."
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19
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49
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"english": "Not only denotes that he is certainly careful with money (frugal) but also obliquely implies that he is very careful with money (miserly).",
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