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Search phrase: style

Plays

 18 result(s). alternate result(s)
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All's Well That Ends WellAW II.iii.194another style.another stile.
As You Like ItAYL II.i.20Into so quiet and so sweet a style.Into so quiet and so sweet a stile.
As You Like ItAYL IV.iii.32Why, 'tis a boisterous and a cruel style,Why, tis a boysterous and a cruell stile,
As You Like ItAYL IV.iii.33A style for challengers. Why, she defies me,A stile for challengers: why, she defies me,
Henry VI Part 11H6 IV.i.50What means his grace that he hath changed his style?What meanes his Grace, that he hath chaung'd his Stile?
Henry VI Part 11H6 IV.vii.72Here's a silly stately style indeed!Heere's a silly stately stile indeede:
Henry VI Part 11H6 IV.vii.74Writes not so tedious a style as this.Writes not so tedious a Stile as this.
Henry VI Part 22H6 I.i.109Unto the poor King Reignier, whose large styleVnto the poore King Reignier, whose large style
Henry VI Part 22H6 I.iii.46Am I a queen in title and in style,Am I a Queene in Title and in Stile,
King Edward IIIE3 II.i.80To whom, my lord, shall I direct my style?To whome my Lord shal I direct my stile.
King LearKL IV.i.55Both stile and gate, horse-way and footpath, PoorBoth style, and gate; Horseway, and foot-path: poore
Love's Labour's LostLLL I.i.196Well, sir, be it as the style shall give us cause toWell sir, be it as the stile shall giue vs cause to
Love's Labour's LostLLL IV.i.97I am much deceived but I remember the style.I am much deceiued, but I remember the stile.
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW I.iii.42the action of her familiar style; and the hardest voicethe action of her familier stile, & the hardest voice
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW II.ii.271his style. Thou, Master Brook, shalt know him forhis stile: thou (Master Broome) shalt know him for
Much Ado About NothingMA V.i.37However they have writ the style of gods,How euer they haue writ the stile of gods,
Much Ado About NothingMA V.ii.6In so high a style, Margaret, that no man livingIn so high a stile Margaret, that no man liuing
Richard IIIR3 IV.iv.360Plain and not honest is too harsh a style.Plaine and not honest, is too harsh a style.

Poems

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SonnetsSonn.32.14 Theirs for their style I'll read, his for his love. Theirs for their stile ile read, his for his loue.
SonnetsSonn.78.11 In others' works thou dost but mend the style, In others workes thou doost but mend the stile,
SonnetsSonn.84.12 Making his style admired everywhere. Making his stile admired euery where.

Glossary

 28 result(s).
additionpolite form of address, style of address
additionexternal honour, distinctive style
airmanner, style, fashion
block[of hats] style, fashion, shape, mould
canarydance in the style of the canary
characterhandwriting, style of writing, lettering
clepe[archaism] call, name, style
clip[archaism] call, name, style
court-handlegal style of handwriting
dubinvest with the status of, style
encounterconversational interaction, discourse style
fashionobservance, style, latest practice
garbmanner, style, fashion
highlyin high style, in an elevated manner
humourstyle, method, way, fashion
jigsing in the style of a jig
knitstyle, pattern, type
penpenmanship, style of handwriting
phrasemanner, style, way
phrasecall, name, style
portstyle of living, way of life
ratemode of life, style of living
styleappoint, order, assign
stylecall, name, designate
style[Q variant] title, name
stylemode of address, formal title
texttext-hand style [of handwriting]
veinstyle, manner

Thesaurus

 36 result(s).
canary, dance in the style of thecanary
dance in the style of the canarycanary
discourse styleencounter
distinctive styleaddition
handwriting, legal style ofcourt-hand
handwriting, style ofpen
high style, inhighly
jig, sing in the style of ajig
legal style of handwritingcourt-hand
life, mode/style ofrate
living, style of port
sing in the style of a jigjig
styleair
styleblock
styleclepe
styleclip
styledub
stylefashion
stylegarb
stylehumour
styleknit
stylephrase
stylephrase
stylevein
style of addressaddition
style of handwritingcharacter
style of handwritingpen
style of livingport
style of livingrate
style, discourseencounter
style, distinctiveaddition
style, in highhighly
style, text-hand text
text-hand style [of handwriting]text
writing, style ofcharacter
writing, style ofpen

Themes and Topics

 3 result(s).
Archaisms...racters are reading texts where an older style of language has been contrived such as ...
Britain [outside London]
Abbreviations

Words Families

 2 result(s).
Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
STYLEBASICstyle n, style v

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