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“regular”
regular (adjective), more regular, most regular
1. Concerning a religious rule: There are two kinds of clergy, a regular clergy and a secular clergy.
2. Descriptive of evenness, form, or possessing a repeated pattern; uniform: The design on the new curtains with the trees printed in regular intervals and all in green shades had a calming effect on the elderly Mrs. Jones.
3. Pertaining to a figure or item with all the sides having the same length and all the angles having the same size: The new table had a regular form which was good for the whole family to sit at.
4. Regarding something that performs at constant intervals: Dr. Page was satisfied with the regular beats of June's heart.
2. Descriptive of evenness, form, or possessing a repeated pattern; uniform: The design on the new curtains with the trees printed in regular intervals and all in green shades had a calming effect on the elderly Mrs. Jones.
3. Pertaining to a figure or item with all the sides having the same length and all the angles having the same size: The new table had a regular form which was good for the whole family to sit at.
4. Regarding something that performs at constant intervals: Dr. Page was satisfied with the regular beats of June's heart.
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“regular”
(Greek: kosmos to cosmos; "world, universe"; from its "perfect order and arrangement"; to order, to arrange, to adorn; well-ordered, regular, arranged; skilled in adornment, which came into English as cosmetic.)
(enjoying words with special points of view, sometimes humorous, and which are not found in a "regular" dictionary)
(Latin: order, in order; in a row, regular series, class, rank)
Word Entries containing the term:
“regular”
regular routine
This entry is located in the following unit:
Pleonasms or Tautological Redundancies
(page 18)