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"I'm without wheels" Tom said flatly.
as indeed i am, my little madza having up and died on me
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my little mazda having up and died on me
That mazda bin a great inconvenience for you, helen.
Which reminds me:
"Just a second, I'm in the bathroom - I'll be out right away," said Tom, inconveniently.
In case some of you USns don't get that, I should explain that the public urinals in England are called "conveniences"
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"I spend much of my time in the bathroom," said Tom, lavishly.
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Help, I'm hyperventilating, said Tom breathlessly
Oh, I'm hyperventilating, said Tammy breathily
so which is the swifty?
I'm seriously asking, sorry for being unbelievably dim. Is it when it is the opposite of the meaning, the same as the meaning, or is it just when it has something vaguely to do with it? or what?
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I think if you can make any connection at all, it's a swifty.
he said electrically, relationship-wise.
is there a pro-nection?
formerly known as etaoin...
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I f I understand the system aright, dody, it is the first of the two you offer, although the second one is pretty near - you'd get away with it in present company 
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...but the most elegant ones somehow connect the adverb with the quotation, often in more than one way:
"I really don't care that there's a flower missing from my bouquet," said Tom lackadaisically.
"I'm certain I've done everything required to kill that vampire," said Tom painstakingly.
"Take that low-life petty crook downstairs," said the Judge condescendingly.
"I wish I hadn't lost my lawsuit," he sighed plaintively.
to adapt some recent examples.
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"That plank of wood is very smooth now" Tom said plainly.
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Catch me, J.D. said wryly.
... although the spelling bot refuses my adverb!
Hey! playing with that bot[botanical] could be another interesting word game. Its suggestions to perfectly admissible words are quite outworldly[oval], I notice wryly[Wu]. Etc...[etch]
A puzzle a day keeps the hassle away
A puzzle a day keeps the hassle away
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another interesting word game
Indeed. I could imagine a form of steganography. The message would seem to make no sense despite consisting of nothing but legitimate English words. Feed it to Ænigma and, poof! out comes clear text.
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