Crossword-Solution: FLIMSINESS
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Flimsiness | n. | The state or quality of being flimsy. |
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| the property of weakness by virtue of careless construction | 1 answer |
| Eggshell | 31 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
CEZAME
Hint 3 another clue
eruption
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Sentences with FLIMSINESS (5)
The contrast was so striking betwixt the good sense of her books and the flimsiness of her love-letters, that she discovered she had unthinkingly engaged her hand without her heart; and then the whole transaction, managed by the old folks, now appeared so unsentimental, and looked so like bargaining for a bale of goods, that she found she ought to have rejected, according to every rule of romance, even the man of her choice, if imposed upon her in that manner.
This latter because, in the early days, it was heroism to trust life to the planes that were turned out--the 'Demoiselle' and the Antoinette machine that Latham used in his attempt to fly the Channel are good examples of the flimsiness of early types--while in the later period, that of the war and subsequently, the heroism turned itself in a different--and nobler-direction.
The succeeding Fragments were to test this liberality and reveal the flimsiness of the stuff of which it was made.
The bungalow was a very solid one, but the partition walls of the rooms were almost jerry-built in their flimsiness.
Perhaps one day, between them, they would break down the barrier, the strength of which seemed to lie in its very flimsiness, its impalpability.
Quotes with FLIMSINESS (1)
Interestingly, this speech by Prospero does not contrast the unreality of the stage with the solid, flesh-and-blood existence of real men and women. On the contrary, it seizes on the flimsiness of dramatic characters as a metaphor for the fleeting, fantasy-ridden quality of actual human lives. It is we who are made of dreams, not just such figments of Shakespeare’s imagination as Ariel and Caliban. The cloud-capped towers and gorgeous palaces of this earth are mere stage scenery after all.