STILTEDNESSES Antonyms

• the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)

• the amount of fluid that flows in a given time

• the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression

• any uninterrupted stream or discharge

• something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously

• dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas

• the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause

• move or progress freely as if in a stream

• move along, of liquids

• cause to flow

• be abundantly present

• fall or flow in a certain way

• cover or swamp with water

• undergo menstruation

• powerful and effective language

• skillfulness in speaking or writing

• the quality of being facile in speech and writing

• the property of flowing easily

• a changeable quality

• a manner that does not take forms and ceremonies seriously

• freedom from constraint or embarrassment

• the quality of being natural or based on natural principles

• the quality of innocent naivete

• the likeness of a representation to the thing represented

• (physiology) the gradual lengthening of inactive muscle or muscle fibers

• (physics) the exponential return of a system to equilibrium after a disturbance

• a feeling of refreshing tranquility and an absence of tension or worry

• an occurrence of control or strength weakening

• freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)

• a method of solving simultaneous equations by guessing a solution and then reducing the errors that result by successive approximations until all the errors are less than some specified amount

• the act of making less strict

• the quality of being spontaneous and coming from natural feelings without constraint

• the quality of being natural and without pretensions