imperiously



compulsively, loftily, masterfully, proudly ,

   waifs - bonus, discovery, find, finding, foundling, gravy, treasure trove, trove, windfall ,

   whistle-pig - ape, bear, chimpanzee, ferret, glutton, ground hog, guinea pig, monk, monkey, opossum, polecat, porcupine, possum, raccoon, skunk,

   scuttlebutt - bruit, buzz, canard, common talk, cry, flying rumour, gossip, grapevine, hearsay, idea afloat, latrine rumour, news stirring, report, rumble, rumour,

   snips - cabin boy, chips, complement, deckhand, edge tool, fireman, gunner, hand, hatchet, jackknife, navigator, pick, purser, radio operator, roustabout,

   special pleading - answer, argument, case, casuistry, circularity, con, consideration, defence, denial, distortion, equivocation, exception, fallacy, insincerity, misapplication,

   brother-in-arms - adjunct, ally, associate, bedfellow, brother, coadjutor, cohort, colleague, companion, compatriot, comrade, confederate, consort, crony, fellow ,

   muddiness - anaemia, dimness, dullness, fairness, impurity, lightness, messiness, paleness, pallor, pastiness, turbidity, weakness ,

   instalment - accession, acquittal, acquittance, adjunct, amortization, anchorage, article, binder, book, cash, cash payment, chapter, clause, clearance, colonization,

   seldom met with - cheeseparing, chintzy, exiguous, infrequent, meagre, miserly, niggardly, piddling, poor, rare, scant, scanty, scarce, scattered, scrimping,

   cohesive - adhering, agglutinate, cartilaginous, chewy, cleaving, clinging, coherent, cohering, coriaceous, durable, fibrous, gristly, hard, hardy, holding together,