ADJECTIVE: "relating to...the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning" Crossword Clue

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ADJECTIVE: "relating to...the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning" Crossword Answer

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(adjective)
1. characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is
2. humorously sarcastic or mocking

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

ADJECTIVE (adjective)
1. of or relating to or functioning as an adjective
2. relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law
ADJECTIVE (noun)
1. a word that expresses an attribute of something
2. the word class that qualifies nouns
ESPECIALLY (adverb)
1. to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common
2. in a special manner

More Missing Letter Crossword (9/30/2024) Answers

Across

1. NOUN: "a computer file format for the compression and storage of visual digital information"

4. VERB: "To excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff"

9. NOUN: "a naturally occurring mineral containing a valuable constituent (such as metal) for which it is mined and worked"

10. Find ___ for the common cold

11. NOUN: "an expression of good wishes when someone leaves on a journey"

13. "___ Love Her"

14. Ruby in "Do the Right Thing"

15. NOUN: "a heavy mineral oil used as fuel in [certain] engines"

18. INTERJECTION: "used as a mild oath or to express surprise"

21. VERB: "to listen to or view a broadcast of"

23. The Diamondbacks, on scoreboards

26. Stare open-mouthed

27. GEOGRAPHICAL NAME: "borough on the Lehigh River in eastern Pennsylvania formed in 1954 by the merger of the boroughs of Mauch Chunk and East Mauch Chunk to honor [a famous] American Indian athlete"

30. Classic video game name

31. Had more points than at halftime, say

32. NOUN: "the [line] in a plane Cartesian coordinate system parallel to which abscissas are measured"

33. Indubitably!

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Down

1. Become rotten

3. NOUN: "a guard over the wheel of a motor vehicle"

4. Kung __ shrimp

5. Like sidewalks in winter, often

6. NOUN: "a 4-sided enclosure especially when surrounded by buildings"

7. VERB: "to present, advocate, or demand earnestly"

8. Very wide shoe size

12. VERB: "to pay a call on as an act of friendship or courtesy"

16. NOUN: "a swift-running Australian ratite bird"

17. NOUN: "the special vocabulary of a particular field of interest"

19. ADVERB: "almost but not quite"

20. INTERJECTION: "used to express exuberant delight or triumph"

22. Has to have

23. NOUN: "a fleet-footed Greek hero in the Trojan War"

24. NOUN: "the cosmic-moral principle of order that in Vedic tradition establishes regularity and righteousness in the world"

25. Theater with a huge screen

28. Prefix with "angle" or "cycle"

29. PRONOUN: "that which belongs to [a male]"

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