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Search phrase: possibly

Plays

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
Love's Labour's LostLLL I.i.130the rest of the court can possibly devise.the rest of the Court shall possibly deuise.
PericlesPer V.iii.57How possibly preserved, and who to thank,how possiblie preserued? and who to thanke
Twelfth NightTN III.iv.261and fatal opposite that you could possibly have found in& fatall opposite that you could possibly haue found in
The Two Gentlemen of VeronaTG II.ii.3When possibly I can, I will return.When possibly I can, I will returne.

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Glossary

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Castiliano[unclear meaning] in Christian tradition, possibly a name of a devil
fire-illburning disease [possibly: pox]
hardokevariety of weedy plant, possibly burdock
London Stoneancient stone, possibly Roman, once a city landmark in Cannon Street, London
obscenelymalapropism possibly for ‘seemly’
rope-trick[unclear meaning] possibly a malapropism of ‘rhetoric’ or ‘rope-rhetoric’ [i.e. bombastic rhetoric]
Sophy[pron: 'sohfee] shah of Persia, possibly Abbas the Great, 16th-c
Strachy[unknown meaning] possibly a local house or institution
Turlygod[unclear meaning] possibly an allusion to 'turlupin' for a person of no value, from the name of a medieval French heretical sect

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Themes and Topics

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Plants... crowflower ham iv vii 169 possibly caryophyllaceae lychnis flos-cuculi ...
... unclear meaning ‘of yellow hue’ possibly the buttercup or an invented name ...
... long purple ham iv vii 169 possibly orchidaceae orchis mascula unclear ...
...ne’ woodbine mnd iv i 41 possibly convolvulaceae convolvulus ‘so doth...
...v 4 unclear meaning type of weed possibly burdock associated with the ‘idle weed...
Swearing... ma i iii 1 what the devil [origin possibly evil preventing a good year] ...
Religious personalities and beings...ano tn i iii 39 [unclear meaning] possibly a name of the devil crispian ...
Contemporary figures, factual and fictitious...sophy tn ii v 174 shah of persia possibly abbas the great 16th-c spense...
London... stone 2h6 iv vi 2 ancient stone possibly roman once a city landmark in cannon s...
...achy tn ii v 39 [unknown meaning] possibly a local house or institution s...
French...4 [pistol] title phrase of a ballad possibly derived from gaelic couple a g...

Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
POSSIBLEBASICpossibly adv

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