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allayed

adjective as in relieved

adjective as in relieved

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To allay such worries in December, Indonesian President Widodo said that he would be first in line to take the vaccine once approved by Indonesian authorities.

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The only joy is the momentary spasm of sexual gratification; the only happiness that of (temporarily) allayed jealousy.

However, my nervousness was suddenly allayed by a surprising development.

Ovid looked a bit doubtful, but Scattergood's voice was so interested, so bland, that any suspicion of irony was allayed.

I no longer indulged the ungracious idea of spiting her against me, and, by degrees, all my other fears were allayed.

Even then her doubts were allayed by her recognition of certain landmarks which told her she was on the Hertford Road.

My exasperation with self was by no means allayed when I tripped over a stone and fell my length in a sludgy patch of swamp.

When it was believed that the excitement was allayed another outbreak occurred at Lucknow.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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