Thesaurus / about
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These stories by a round-about way, gathering in circumstantial detail as they travelled, had reached his sister.
THE WAVEALGERNON BLACKWOODA few carbine and musket shots, from the knoll and house, soon brought them to a halt, and sent them to the right-about.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, VOLUME 67, NUMBER 414, APRIL, 1850VARIOUSA commotion, a squeal, a thrashing-about near at hand caused both to turn suddenly.
BLAZED TRAIL STORIESSTEWART EDWARD WHITEI've seen the night when Brocken would be tame beside the pandemonium round-about.
THE ADVENTURES OF KATHLYNHAROLD MACGRATHI soon found he was a regular millstone round my neck—particularly when we were on the “walk-about.”
THE ADVENTURES OF LOUIS DE ROUGEMONTLOUIS DE ROUGEMONTHe wuz very peart and sassy, and it was take-it-or-leave-it-and-be-plaguey- quick-about-it all the time.
SI KLEGG, BOOK 2 (OF 6)JOHN MCELROYAll kinds of extraordinary incidents befell me whilst on the “walk-about.”
THE ADVENTURES OF LOUIS DE ROUGEMONTLOUIS DE ROUGEMONTHe was at this time one of the most conspicuous and most talked-about men in London.
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFTELIZABETH ROBINS PENNELLHe was a man-about-town, living, to all appearance, by his wits.
A DIFFICULT PROBLEMANNA KATHARINE GREEN (MRS. CHARLES ROHLFS)But by six o'clock the much-thought-about brother appeared, his face pleasant enough.
LITTLE FISHERS: AND THEIR NETSPANSYWORDS RELATED TO ABOUT
- about
- all in all
- almost always
- altogether
- approximately
- as a rule
- broadly
- by and large
- chiefly
- commonly
- conventionally
- customarily
- en masse
- extensively
- for the most part
- habitually
- largely
- mostly
- normally
- on average
- on the whole
- ordinarily
- overall
- popularly
- practically
- predominantly
- primarily
- principally
- publicly
- regularly
- roughly
- roundly
- thereabouts
- typically
- universally
- usually
- widely
- about
- any which way
- anyhow
- anywise
- around
- at random
- cluttered
- disorderly
- haphazard
- hastily
- headlong
- higgledy-piggledy
- hit-or-miss
- hotfoot
- hurriedly
- impetuously
- in confusion
- incautiously
- incontinently
- irregular
- jumbled
- muddled
- pell-mell
- random
- randomly
- rashly
- recklessly
- topsy-turvy
- tumultous/tumultuous
- unmindfully
- wildly
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