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Returned unopposed are Mr. H. R. Nicholas as treasurer and Mr. Arthur Skeffington, representing Co-opera­ tive and professional organisations.

D . W ., S e p t . 2 , 1963

ORDER — DISORDER

ORDERLY — DISORDERLY

ORDERLINESS — DISORDERLINESS

W.ell, Clara’s not like you. She belongs to the new order, or disorder.

E n d , 719

... her panicky irritation at her hair’s disorder...

I n v is ib le , 127

The floor was littered with papers... signs of disorderly retreat.

C ru sa d e rs, 3 2 4

We are on board the labouring vessel of humanity in a storm, when cries and counter-cries ring out, disor­ der! iness mixes the crew...

E g o is t, 456

ORDINARY — EXTRAORDINARY

ORDINARILY — EXTRAORDINARILY

You are an extraordinary woman, why should you fol­ low the ordinary course.

W om en, 421

But the extraordinary occasion had now become ordi­ nary, and Miss Insull could not be expected to contin­ ue indefinitely in the functions of a male.

O R D I N A R I L Y 2 0 2 O S T E N T A T I O U S

ORGANIZE — DISORGANIZE

It is fascinating to observe how people organize and disorganize their lives...

D e a th , 184

Then she was in bed, full of the sensation that the whole house was inverted and disorganized, hopelessly.

W ives, 2 1 6

ORTHODOX — UNORTHODOX

ORTHODOXY — UNORTHODOXY

He would have nice unorthodox thoughts, and they would soothe each other with private smiles.

E n d , 3 6 2

What he had done was unorthodox, to say the least.

C ru sa d e rs, 403

And there was one other unorthodoxy in Lee’s way of doing business.

C an n e ry , 93

The tall policeman stirred, looked down at her, as if sensing unorthodoxy and cleared his throat.

E n d , 55

OSTENTATIOUS — UNOSTENTATIOUS

... they had left the house in an unostentatious manner immediately after the end of the song.

T h ree, 90

The shop was old and quiet with a narrow, unostenta­

tious front...

Hatter's, 74

PACK — UNPACK

... an epidemic broke out for packing up things every morning, which required unpacking again every night.

of several of the big Manchester firms were unpaid, when as a fact they had been paid.

W ives, 635

May be his wealth was entirely in unpaid bills.

C an n e ry , 3

An old unpainted storefront plastered with big posters...

Tom orrow , 2 4 5

PALPABLE — IMPALPABLE

... the irresistible slow work of the night settling silent­ ly on all visible forms... like a steady fall of impal­ pable black dust.

J i m , 2 8 3

... to love, oh! no — no shape of man, nor impalpable nature either...

E g o is t, 245

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PARDONABLE — UNPARDONABLE

PARDONABLY — UNPARDONABLY

PARDONED — UNPARDONED

It was unpardonable, and I don’t wonder that you sought refuge.

E n d , 118

She blushed darkly now at her unladylike and unpar­ donable conduct...

H a t t e r ’s, 51

... the house is excessively damp, quite unpardonably damp...

I m p o rtan ce, 95

... I know that she is unpardonably cruel at times.

D ip lo m a t, 2 7 9

... reminding him by an occasional cough that she was still unpardoned.

C u r io sity , 49

PARTIAL — IMPARTIAL

PARTIALLY — IMPARTIALLY

PARTIALITY — IMPARTIALITY

De Craye had not the smarting sense of honour with women which our meditator had: an impartial judi­ ciary, it will be seen...

Wisdom, 152

PASSABLE — IMPASSABLE

For hours they walked the deserted, almost impassable streets.

C ru sa d e rs, 548

The impassable gulf between Grade Eight (at the high­ est) and Grade Two (at the lowest) is sufficient rea­ son in itself for the immediate termination of the relationship.

R o o m , 166

PASSIONATELY — DISPASSIONATELY

Seen dispassionately, it seemed contemptible.

J i m , 3 6

How can they watch us so dispassionately as we move among them?

D ip lo m a t, 413

PATIENT — IMPATIENT

PATIENTLY — IMPATIENTLY

PATIENCE — IMPATIENCE

'But as time went on the gopher began to be a little impatient.

C an n e ry , 148

Scott set the stamping impatient pace.

/ W ish , 67

He brushed the foolish thought aside, impatiently.

T o m orrow , 46

Johnny shook R a sse ta s rather impatiently...

Pomona, 133

He has shown neither patience nor impatience, nor at­ tention nor abstraction.

B le a k , 149

... and began to jerk at the door handle with such a blind brutality of impatience that I expected to see the whole concern overturned.

J i m , 67

PENETRABLE — IMPENETRABLE

... eyeing her quietly from behind his impenetrable glasses.

I n v is ib le , 22

But what held with Warren was the impenetrable out­ post...

/ W ish , 139

PERCEPTIBLE — IMPERCEPTIBLE

PERCEPTIBLY — IMPERCEPTIBLY

... with an almost imperceptible start...

I d e a l, 181

All this time Mr. Marvel had been glancing about him intently... trying to detect imperceptible movements.

P iece, 2 6 3

She came down slowly, imperceptibly pausing on each step.

C ru sa d e rs, 618

... seeing the creature there in a perfectly animal atti­ tude, with the light gleaming in its eyes and its imperfectly human face distorted with terror, I real­ ized again the fact of its humanity.

C u r io sity , 53

... at a vile theatre whereof the imperfection of the stage machinery rather than the performance is the wretch­ ed source of amusement.

E g o is t, 153

You wrote it under tremendous stress. Its very imper­ fections show that.

O cto p u s, 351

PERSONAL — IMPERSONAL

. torn between what he felt as his personal responsibil­ ity and desire and the vast impersonal necessity of the war machine.

H u llo , 3 6

. they did it in mass formation for an impersonal ideal, whereas Bloom did it for a purely personal reason that nobody will ever know.

F ro m H ere, 5 6 0

PERTURBABLE — IMPERTURBABLE

PERTURBED — UNPERTURBED

His imperturbable and mature calmness was that of an expert in possession of the fact...

J i m , 150

“Not exactly, friend,” replied the imperturbable Rich­ ard...

C u r io sity , 75

... S. Behrman, the Corporation’s champion, remained upon the field as victor, placid, unperturbed, unassail­ able.

POETICAL — U NPOETIC(AL)

Unreasonable to ask for more, and yet — perhaps fun­ damentally unpoetic.

' E n d , 118

An engagement should come on a young girl as a sur­

“Really, Barbara, you go on as if religion were a pleas­ ant subject...” — “ I do not find it an unpleasant

subject, my dear.”

M a jo r, 3 8

“ Indeed, Lady Culmer,” said Mr. Dale, not unpleas­

antly agitated by the interest he excited...

E g o is t, 5 3 9

He stamped his foot and smiled unpleasantly.

Jim, 169

Whether it pleases him or displeases him, I must main­ tain my rights.

The story of your romantic origin, as related to me by

mamma, with unpleasing comments...

Im p o rta n c e , '3 0 3

The nice English don’t get on as well as they ought with them, because Americans are so responsive and the tone of the American voice is not pleasing to the English ear. Or take it the other way round. The nasty Americans don’t get on well with the English

H a t t e r ’ s, 3 0 9

... he wanted MacGregor to feel his displeasure.

D ip lo m a t, 94

POLITE — IMPOLITE

POLITENESS — IMPOLITENESS

The most impolite person in the room was Asquith.

A rro w s/n ith , 308

“ ...you will understand that my inquisitiveness is

POPULAR — UNPOPULAR

Harris said that he couldn’t help feeling, that, to a certain extent, he had become unpopular.

T h ree, 6 9

I remember poor Charlotte Pagden making herself quite unpopular one season...

W om an, 98

POSSIBLE — IMPOSSIBLE

POSSIBILITY — IMPOSSIBILITY

... they were only books, fairy stories of a fairer and impossible world. But now he had seen that world, possible and real...

E d e n , 61

What you asked is impossible. You must make it pos­ sible.

Id e a l, 193

Who would have thought, then, of my ever teaching people to dance, of all other possibilities and impossi­ bilities!

B le a k , 5 5 5

POTENT — IMPOTENT

... the maternal instinct that was in her doubted such immediate efficacy in the usually impotent Levenford air,

H a tt e r 's , 120