Crossword-Solution: ASSUMING
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Assuming | p. pr. & vb. n. | of Assume |
| Assuming | a. | Pretentious; taking much upon one's self; presumptuous. |
We have 19 clues for the answer “ASSUMING”
| Clue | Answers |
|---|---|
| Taking for granted | 1 answer |
| Not checking to make sure | 1 answer |
| Jumping to conclusions, and what's spelled out by the eight letters that have literally jumped to conclusions | 1 answer |
| Excessively forward | 1 answer |
| overconfident | 7 answers |
| Supposing | 7 answers |
| If | 25 answers |
| COMING close | 40 answers |
| guessing | 40 answers |
| Presumptuous | 42 answers |
| brash | 44 answers |
| Confident | 47 answers |
| Haughty | 73 answers |
| Supercilious | 76 answers |
| Pretentious | 77 answers |
| arrogant | 78 answers |
| Bold | 82 answers |
| BASIS ___ | 88 answers |
| Acting | 91 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ETREA
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with ASSUMING (5)
The Sea, assuming the form of a woman, replied to him: “Blame not me, my good sir, but the winds, for I am by my own nature as calm and firm even as this earth; but the winds suddenly falling on me create these waves, and lash me into fury.” The Mules and the Robbers TWO MULES well-laden with packs were trudging along.
Although growth in 1991 will slow further, Thailand's economic outlook remains good, assuming the continuation of prudent government policies in the wake of the 23 February 1991 military coup.
However, my son William must have knowed the very man afore us—didn’t ye, Billy, afore ye left Norcombe?” “No, ’twas Andrew,” said Jacob’s son Billy, a child of forty, or thereabouts, who manifested the peculiarity of possessing a cheerful soul in a gloomy body, and whose whiskers were assuming a chinchilla shade here and there.
This, in fact—a desire to put myself in my true position as editor, or very little more, of the most prolix among the tales that make up my volume—this, and no other, is my true reason for assuming a personal relation with the public.
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Quotes with ASSUMING (3)
We do not receive wisdom, we must discover it for ourselves, after a journey through the wilderness which no one else can make for us, which no one else can spare us, for our wisdom is the point of view from which we come at last to regard the world. The lives that you admire, the attitudes that seem noble to you, have not been shaped by paterfamilias or a schoolmaster, they have sprung from very different beginnings, having been influenced by everything evil or commonplace t…
Three or four times only in my youth did I glimpse the Joyous Isles, before they were lost to fogs, depressions, cold fronts, ill winds, and contrary tides... I mistook them for adulthood. Assuming they were a fixed feature in my life's voyage, I neglected to record their latitude, their longitude, their approach. Young ruddy fool. What wouldn't I give now for a never-changing map of the ever-constant ineffable? To possess, as it were, an atlas of clouds.
The rapt pupil will be forgiven for assuming the Tsar of Death to be wicked and the Tsar of Life to be virtuous. Let the truth be told: There is no virtue anywhere. Life is sly and unscrupulous, a blackguard, wolfish, severe. In service to itself, it will commit any offense. So, too, is Death possessed of infinite strategies and a gaunt nature- but also mercy, also grace and tenderness. In his own country, Death can be kind.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: LAT, NYT, WP, WSJ.
Used 6 times in crossword archives (1976–2025).