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Search phrase: formally

Plays

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Play	Key Line	Modern Text	Original Text
Measure for Measure	MM I.iii.47	How I may formally in person bear me	How I may formally in person beare
Richard II	R2 I.iii.29	And formally, according to our law,	And formerly according to our Law

Poems

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Glossary

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gentleman	sir [in formally polite address, regardless of social rank]
gentlewoman	[formally polite address] madam
register	record, formally write down
set	formally seated, arranged in a position of state
urge	state formally, present, propose

Thesaurus

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formally state	urge
formally write down	register
seated, formally	set
state formally	urge
write down formally	register

Themes and Topics

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Address forms

...o (darling jane) proper nouns may be informally shortened (katherine > kate) or adap...
...ss [husband to wife] lady mistress [formally polite] girl [as reprimand] w...
... play audience ladies and gentlemen [formally polite regardless of rank] ge...
...nt] juliet to romeo [lovers] sir [formally polite regardless of social rank] [con...
...noble to member of household] madam [formally polite] [mock polite] good ...
...abitants of a house sirs gentlemen [formally polite condescending to social inferio...

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