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leonine
adjective as in eminent
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He was especially well groomed, whereas Nibbetts was at once leonine, rugged, and nearly shabby.
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He was still bearded, still rather leonine, but he was better groomed than in those days in India.
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In spite of a lingering unkemptness, he was indeed a fine object to view—massive and leonine.
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But the marchioness, standing erect with a leonine boldness, fixed him to his place with a scornful look.
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His untrimmed beard, his bent head with its leonine mane of iron-gray hair, lent him an almost patriarchal look.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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