promissory
promissory
/ˈpɹɑməˌsɔɹi/
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So how would you suggest somebody buy it with a promissory note or owner finance, Cheryl?
knotty
knotty
/ˈnɑti/
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You wanna get knotty?
No, you wanna get knotty?
Some people say I've been a little knotty.
ghastly
ghastly
/ˈɡæstɫi/
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Our sentimental ties to Winterfell make this a more ghastly scenario.
The whole ghastly horror show only ended when the Allies booted Italy from North Africa in 1943.
It's just a ghastly little car.
gingerly
gingerly
/ˈdʒɪndʒɝɫi/
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He's like, "Lemme get over this fence very gingerly!"
Imma make my way to the runway very gingerly.
They’ll usually step around gingerly, trying to sip nectar from the side without setting it off.
racy
racy
/ˈɹeɪsi/
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I wanted to be a racy redhead.
It sounds like, you know some really racy stories about the set.
RUSHKOFF: Baby Scumbag's views are rising as his content gets racier.
pulmonary
pulmonary
/ˈpʊɫməˌnɛɹi/
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Squeeze the ventricle and a stream of water squirts out of the pulmonary artery.
The drug sildenafil was originally developed to treat problems like pulmonary hypertension.
So if you're missing this gene, you probably will get this terminal disease, pulmonary hypertension.
wintry
wintry
/ˈwɪntɹi/
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It's a wintry night.
It's warm enough for a wintry walkabout, if not a really biting blizzard.
predatory
predatory
/ˈpɹɛdəˌtɔɹi/
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And the local rock record shows that this formation was just full of predatory dinosaurs.
One idea is that they were outcompeted by new ocean hunters, like predatory fish and mosasaurs.
Dart described it as “the predatory transition from ape to man.”
scholarly
scholarly
/ˈskɑɫɝɫi/
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These alterations have not received scholarly attention.
And you will notice there is no shortage of scholarly events on Harvard campus.
But I won't roll it back in the way that I might before a scholarly audience.
ungainly
ungainly
/ənˈɡeɪnɫi/
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It's like getting a lap dance from a more ungainly Elvis Costello.
The ship is ungainly.
but it just feels like it's a little bit ungainly.
plenary
plenary
/ˈpɫɛnɝi/, /ˈpɫinɝi/
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But our plenary sessions are going to cover a lot of ground, as well.
surly
surly
/ˈsɝɫi/
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We're going to slip the surly bonds of earth.
They have soft fur and a passive-aggressive surly attitude they get away with by providing purring and self-sustaining bathroom habits.
Just making a deal and going back home looking surly.
grisly
grisly
/ˈɡɹɪzɫi/
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You know, like the one about flipping houses where grisly murders took place?
The wrong one leads to a grisly death.
And though it might sound grisly, his technique produced reliable results.
stately
stately
/ˈsteɪtɫi/
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So Trump won't get a stately retirement filled with events and honors.
Snowy mountains, a plunge to the death, and a last-minute parachute emblazoned with stately pride?
velvety
velvety
/ˈvɛɫvəti/
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This is more soft and velvety or silky or whatever.
Her feathers are velvety, soft.
Don't touch my velvety sack.
murky
murky
/ˈmɝki/
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And from here, the police training industry kind of falls into murky waters.
Now, when you look at our ancestors before Ardi, the picture starts to get murkier.
Okay, we have a Christmas ornament and we've got murky water below.

niggardly
niggardly
/ˈnɪɡɝdɫi/
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dimly
dimly
/ˈdɪmɫi/
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And if so, maybe the glory of Athens still shines, however dimly.
Kelly can't get any work done in this dimly lit room with corny music.
But now I sing in dimly lit bars ♪ ♪

swarthy
swarthy
/ˈswɔɹði/, /ˈswɔɹθi/
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