intel'lectively
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intellect (ˈɪntɪˌlɛkt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the capacity for understanding, thinking, and reasoning, as distinct from feeling or wishing |
| 2. | a mind or intelligence, esp a brilliant one: his intellect is wasted on that job |
| 3. | informal a person possessing a brilliant mind; brain |
| 4. | those possessing the greatest mental power: the intellect of a nation |
| [C14: from Latin intellectus comprehension, intellect, from intellegere to understand; see | |
| intel'lective | |
| —adj | |
| intel'lectively | |
| —adv | |
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Intel'lectively
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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