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Rank | Letters | Answer | Clue | |
1 | 99% | 8 | Exact Match! | |
2 | 28% | 9 | Its name is derived from the French phrase 'dent de lion', meaning 'lion's tooth' | |
3 | 28% | 7 | Lionel, the pet lion in the children's book 'Library Lion' by Michelle Knudsen | |
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We think the answer is "NOTIONAL" which means:
- adjective satellite
- • Not based on fact; existing only in the imagination
- • Not based on fact or investigation
- • Indulging in or influenced by fancy
- • Being of the nature of a notion or concept noun
- • A fake company used as a front in espionage. adjective
- • Of, containing, or being a notion; mental or imaginary.
- • Speculative, theoretical, not the result of research.
- • Having descriptive value as opposed to a syntactic category.
- • Used to indicate an estimate or a reference amount
An example sentence would be:
- • "She has a notional understanding of the subject."
- • "Their notional approach to the problem proved to be ineffective."
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