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[ adjective ] of a degree or quality specified (by the `that' clause)
Synonyms Examples "their anxiety was such that they could not sleep" Used in print (Philip Reaves, "Who Rules the Marriage Bed?"...)But her personality was such_that each affair lasted only until that lover , too , had been conquered and reduced to passivity . (U.S. Reports. Volume 364. Cases Adjudged in the...)While it is easy enough to ridicule Hawkins ' pronouncement in Pleas_of_the_Crown from a metaphysical point_of_view , the concept of the `` oneness '' of a married_couple may reflect an abiding belief that the communion between husband and wife is such_that their actions are not always to be regarded by the criminal_law as if there were no marriage . Related terms |
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