incurable, incorrigible, ineradicable, fixed.
Adv. intrinsically &c. adj.; at bottom, in the main, in effect,
practically, virtually, substantially, au fond; fairly.
Phr. “character is higher than intellect” [Emerson]; “come give us a
taste of your quality” magnos homines virtute metimur non fortuna [Lat][ Hamlet][Nepos]; non numero haec judicantur sed pondere [Lat][Cicero]; “vital spark of heavenly flame” [Pope].
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#6. Extrinsicality.—
N. extrinsicality[obs3], objectiveness, non ego;
extraneousness &c. 57; accident; appearance, phenomenon
&c. 448.
Adj. derived from without;
objective; extrinsic, extrinsical[obs3];
extraneous &c. (foreign) 57; modal, adventitious;
ascititious[obs3], adscititious[obs3]; incidental,
accidental, nonessential; contingent, fortuitous.
implanted, ingrafted[obs3];
inculcated, infused.
outward, apparent &c.
(external) 220.
Adv. extrinsically &c.
adj.
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#7. State. —
N. state, condition, category, estate, lot, ease, trim,
mood, pickle, plight, temper; aspect &c. (appearance)
448, dilemma, pass, predicament.
constitution, habitude,
diathesis[obs3]; frame, fabric &c. 329; stamp,
set, fit, mold, mould.
mode, modality, schesis[obs3];
form &c. (shape) 240.
tone, tenor, turn; trim,
guise, fashion, light, complexion, style,
character.
V. be in a state, possess
a state, enjoy a state, labor under a state
&c. n.; be on a footing, do, fare; come to pass.
Adj. conditional, modal,
formal; structural, organic.
Adv. conditionally &c.
adj.; as the matter stands, as things are; such
being the case &c. 8.
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#8. Circumstance.
— N. circumstance, situation, phase, position,
posture, attitude, place, point; terms; regime; footing,
standing, status.
occasion, juncture,
conjunctive; contingency &c. (event) 151.
predicament; emergence,
emergency; exigency, crisis, pinch, pass,
push; occurrence; turning point.
bearings, how the land
lies.
surroundings, context,
environment 229a[te 232]; location 184.
contingency, dependence
(uncertainty) 475; causation 153, attribution
155.
Adj. circumstantial;
given, conditional, provisional; critical; modal;
contingent, incidental; adventitious &c. (extrinsic)
6; limitative[obs3].
Adv. in the circumstances,
under the circumstances &c. n., the
circumstances, conditions &c. 7; thus, in such wise.
accordingly; that being
the case, such being the case, in view of the
circumstances; that being so, sith[obs3], since, seeing
that.
as matters stand; as
things go, as times go.
conditionally, provided,
if, in case; if so, if so be, if it be so;