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Curiosity, 90

... ne was never in her society without that happy con­ sciousness of shining which calls forth the treasures of the man; and these it is no exaggeration to term unbounded...

Egoist, 108—109

BOWED — UNBOWED

We’ll lace the music, and our heads should be bloody but unbowed.

BREAKABLE — UNBREAKABLE

BROKEN — UNBROKEN

... the one understanding thought, which would have made their union final and unbreakable...

Hullo, 32

In a peculiar way MacGregor had been unbreakable because he had never cared one way or the other about the job he was doing.

Diplomat, 216

He could feel it quite clearly now... absolute unbroken stillness in a man.

1 Wish, 10

“ ... two men with an eye for a picture saw St. Clare’s broken sword.” — “ No,” cried Father Brown, with a sharp voice like a pistol shot, “ but who saw his unbroken sword?”

'Brown, 265

BURDEN — a) UNBURDEN b) DISBURDEN

A dim sentiment of impropriety in unburdening his overcharged mind... restrained him from defending himself...

Egoist, 475

I teel the need of unburdening myself of it to some one.

Octopus, 207

Having now disburdened himself of his great surprise, the schoolmaster sat down.

Curiosity, 446

BUTTON — UNBUTTON

She began to unbutton her dress...

Hullo, 29

The suit of clothes, now all unbuttoned and hanging loosely upon its unseen supports, stood up, arms a-kimbo.

Invisible, 54

CALCULABLE — INCALCULABLE

CALCULATED — UNCALCULATED

All is caprice: the calculable world has become incal­ culable.

Too True, 301

Nobody knew whether there was anything in him except an incalculable number of secrets.

Tragedy, 85

CAPABLE — INCAPABLE

CAPACITY — INCAPACITY

Doc was a pure scientist and incapable of superstition...

Cannery, 120

We agreed he was capable of almost anything and we agreed he was incapable of hurting his master...

Who Knew, 68

It is true that righteousness should triumph over the tyrant and the robber, but have carelessness and in­ capacity any right to triumph over capacity and fore­ sight?

Britling, 350

... his tongue seemed fluent; his Incapacity for the in­ articulate utterance of his inner thoughts forgotten.

Hatter’s, 304

CAUTIOUS — INCAUTIOUS

... setting aside any additional impulse to curiosity

The complicated richness of the dresses, the yards and yards of fine stitchery, the endless ruching, the hints, more or less incautious, of nether treasures of embroi­ dered linen...

Wives, 346

CEREMONIOUS — UNCEREMONIOUS CEREMONIOUSLY — UNCEREMONIOUSLY

After a very unceremonious and scrambling breakfast...

they took leave of the landlord.

Curiosity, 173

He could not {ell how unceremonious the parting had

been...

Crusaders, 619

He unceremoniously let himself out by the side-door...

Wives, 309

Asquith saved him from the Australian by unceremo­ niously pushing Mr. Murphy out of the way...

Diplomat, 517

CERTAIN — UNCERTAIN

CERTAINTY — UNCERTAINTY

He stood uncertain, then, seeing her, came to the empty seat on her other side.

End, 77

The great voice of the English people had spoken in no uncertain tones, and George Augustus was not deaf to the message.

Death, 86

Yes, in times of uncertainty, it was a very sensible idea

CHALLENGED — UNCHALLENGED

But how could you fight them if you had Dondolos in your own ranks, unchallenged and unchallengeable?

Arrowsmith, 345

CHANGED — UNCHANGED

CHANGING — UNCHANGING

CHANGEABLE— UNCHANGEABLE

You have not changed. You are absolutely unchanged.

Egoist, 50

Day by day the courses of law are stony and unchanged.

End, 211

... to call to witness his unchanging truth and mind­ fulness of bygone days, whole years of desolation.

Curiosi ty, 620

But to escape her, of course — this unreasonable, un­ shakable, unchangeable demand of hers!

Tragedy, 462

And what have I done? I am the same unchangeable.

Egoist, 483

CHARITABLE — UNCHARITABLE

... had she been an uncharitable woman, she could have ruled the county with an iron rod of caricature...

Egoist, 32

An uncharitable person might at once label such a be­ haviour as opportunist.

I not come to love the yet uncharted Fritz Beinke and the Swede Barber...

Hack, 171

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Room, 130

... she felt dimly that her body would remain unchaste until he would marry her.

Hatter's, 159

CHECKED — UNCHECKED

The downpour fell with the heavy uninterrupted rush of a sweeping flood, with a sound of unchecked over­ whelming fury...

Jim , 179

But all the while Martin was weary of unchecked sta­ tistics.

Arrowsmith, 226

CHEQUERED — UNCHEQUERED

... the monotonous days unchequered by variety and uncheered by pleasant companionship.

Curiosity, 84

Soames had been her mainstay throughout thirty-four years chequered by Montague Darty, had continued her mainstay in the thirteen unchequered years since.

Swan, 315

CIVILIZED — UNCIVILIZED

Sometimes you think it’s soft and sometimes sly, and sometimes murderous, and sometimes uncivilized; and all the time it’s only civilized...

Who Knew, 187

He considers them all crude and uncivilized.

Diplomat, 303

CLASP — UNCLASP

As they rode — in complete silence for a while — her hands clasped and unclasped definitely.

CLEAN — UNCLEAN

CLEANNESS — UNCLEANNESS

... the face painted on the canvas could grow bestial, sodden, and unclean.

Picture, 154

Let’s have a bath before tea and wash away these un­ clean thoughts.

Room, 209

... some bite suddenly, none giving occasion; some love uncleanness.

Moreau, 95

She trembled with deep shame, a feeling of uncleanness...

Hullo, 45

CLINCH — UNCLINCH

They swayed back clinched together against the gate; then, both, as if struck by the same idea unclinched and raised their fists.

' End, 495

She emphasized it all with her hands, which she clinch­ ed and unclinched in a dramatic way.

Tragedy, 438

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He stopped, his face a greyish white, his hands closing and unclosing.

Say, 225

CLOUDED — UNCLOUDED

And I beheld unclouded by doubt, a magnificent vision of all that invisibility might mean to a man.

Invisible, 108

God give me unclouded eyes and freedom from haste.

Arrowsmith, 280

COHERENT — INCOHERENT

COHERENTLY — INCOHERENTLY

COHERENCY — INCOHERENCY

COHERENCE — INCOHERENCE

... the man who stood there shouting some incoherent explanation...

Invisible, 51

... talking too fast, getting incoherent with foiled zeal...

Hullo, 139

... the forgotten memories of her youth which rushed incoherently in upon her.

Curiosity, 202

On every hand one heard the scraping of violins... the suave accents of ‘art talks,’ the incoherencies of poets...

Octopus, 297

Something elusive, and yet something that in spite of

On those walls, wherever the eye roved, were prints coloured and uncoloured, old and new, depicting the sports of racing and prize-fighting.

White, 79

Sophia then experienced a pure and primitive emotion, uncoloured by any moral or religious quality.

Alec always felt a bit uncomfortable when Kath was

coquetting like this with her chuckling father...

Hullo, 15

“Beautiful these autumn flowers are,” said Ann Veron­ ica in a wide, uncomfortable pause.

Ann, 51

Some of the girls laughed, others frowned uncomfort­ ably.

Hullo, 115

He moved uncomfortably in his chair, not knowing how to begin.

Hatter's, 153

There was not enough intimacy between them to jus­ tify his discomfort.

I Wish, 24

Two or three chairs, full of age and discomfort, stood upon a carpet...

Pomona’s, 137

The event was discomforting to him.

Egoist, 103

COMMON — UNCOMMON

COMMONLY — UNCOMMONLY

Lady Windermere has that uncommon thing called common sense.

Lady, 54

I was desired by that gentleman to identify the wearer of a very uncommon coat...

COMPARABLE — INCOMPARABLE

... to judge from the tenour of his letters, really incom­ parable letters!

Egoist, 47

... the commercial traveller had with Incomparable rash fatuity thrown the paper pellet over the counter...

Wives, 381