Słownictwo

rather

Przysłówek

Przykład: “I would rather stay home.”

Synonimy: preferably

oblique

Przymiotnik

Przykład: “He made an oblique reference to the issue.”

Synonimy: indirect, slanted

Antonimy: direct

rhetorical

Przymiotnik

Przykład: “That was a rhetorical question, not a real one.”

Synonimy: oratorical, persuasive

Antonimy: literal, plain

punitively

Przysłówek

Przykład: “The rules were applied punitively rather than fairly.”

Synonimy: harshly, penally

Antonimy: leniently, mercifully

ornamental

Przymiotnik

Przykład: “The garden includes ornamental trees.”

Synonimy: decorative, fancy

Antonimy: functional, plain

bent

Przymiotnik

Przykład: “The metal rod is bent.”

Synonimy: curved, not straight

Antonimy: straight

quite

Przysłówek

Przykład: “The test was quite easy.”

Synonimy: fairly, rather

Antonimy: hardly

local

Przymiotnik

Przykład: “We bought fruit from a local shop.”

Synonimy: nearby, regional

Antonimy: foreign

misdemeanor

Rzeczownik

Przykład: “The offense was classified as a misdemeanor rather than a felony.”

Synonimy: minor offense, infraction

Antonimy: felony, major crime

intuitively

Przysłówek

Przykład: “The interface is designed so users can navigate it intuitively.”

Synonimy: naturally, instinctively

Antonimy: deliberately, awkwardly

truth

Rzeczownik

Przykład: “It is important to tell the truth.”

Synonimy: fact, reality

Antonimy: lie, falsehood

rhetorically

Przysłówek

Przykład: “He asked rhetorically, knowing no one would answer.”

Synonimy: for effect

Antonimy: literally

ingratiating

Przymiotnik

Przykład: “His ingratiating manner felt calculated rather than sincere.”

Synonimy: sycophantic

Antonimy: genuine

hypothetical

Przymiotnik

Przykład: “Let’s consider a hypothetical scenario where demand doubles overnight.”

Synonimy: theoretical

Antonimy: actual

domestically

Przysłówek

Przykład: “The company expanded domestically before going global.”

Synonimy: internally

Antonimy: internationally

impressionistic

Przymiotnik

Przykład: “The report offered an impressionistic overview.”

Synonimy: evocative

Antonimy: precise

synthetically

Przysłówek

Przykład: “The material was produced synthetically.”

Synonimy: artificially

Antonimy: naturally

infer

Czasownik

Przykład: “From the logs, we inferred that the service restarted twice.”

arbitrary

Przymiotnik

Przykład: “The deadline felt arbitrary and poorly justified.”

capricious

/kəˈprɪʃəs/

Przykład: “The weather here is capricious.”

Synonimy: arbitrary, whimsical, impulsive

empirical

/ɛmˈpɪrɪkəl/

Przykład: “We need empirical evidence.”

Synonimy: experiential, experimental, existential

Antonimy: theoretical, theoretic